Founded in 1918 as the Laguna Beach Art Association, this museum, the oldest cultural institution in Orange County, is a recognized center for the study and exhibition of American art. The striking, contemporary museum building was renovated in 1986,..

Orange County's longest expanse of undeveloped coastline is preserved in this state park, which encompasses 2,791 acres of former Irvine Ranch holdings. Four hundred acres of coastal dunes, bluffs and hidden coves, disrupted by ranch and resort activ..