California Pictures

Find out where to take great pictures in California - read about locations, get tips, see images and submit your own

See California Christmas lights and decorations - where to find them

You don't have to be an astronaut or a pilot to get a bird's-eye view these California pictures offer...

Browse through these California pictures and you'll see not only volleyball players, surfers and lifeguards, but also purple sand, sea glass and a fish shaped like a guitar.

See a collection of pictures from Antelope Valley California Poppy Preserve, taken at the peak of bloom

Explore the coast from sunny San Diego to the wild and scenic north.

Fruit trees in bloom in California's Central Valley.

See "trees" that aren't really trees, visit the lowest spot in the Western Hemisphere or take a tour around trendy Palm Springs.

Soaring thousands of feet into clear blue skies, the Sierra show off in Yosemite, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks - but you'll also find delicate wildflowers and a snow-covered Yosemite Valley.

These California pictures focus on wildlife - Tule elk, Mariposa lilies, elephants seals and the show, orange state flower.

They're some of the state's oldest structures, and you may be surprised at how beautiful some of them are.

See some of the wackiest, weirdest and most unusual pieces of residential architecture in California

These California pictures feature a cruise on the Sacramento Delta, or a drive down the Fresno Blossom Trail.

Check out lots of Disneyland California pictures, or take a trip to the Orange County beaches.

Browse through these Los Angeles, California pictures to get a tour of Los Angeles, Hollywood, Beverly Hills the beaches, and hot spots.

Tour the 17-Mile Drive, take a Monterey Harbor tour or visit Cannery Row, Fisherman's Wharf, the Monterey Bay Aquarium, Carmel and Pacific Grove.

From the classic profile of Mount Shasta to the spectacular coastline, with a stop at a famous horse ranch.

Take a tour of San Andreas Fault in California and find places where you can see traces of it

In these San Diego, California pictures, you an take a harbor cruise, visit the zoo and Safari Park, go to Sea World, Legoland or the beach.

It took us years to gather this collection of San Francisco, California pictures. They'll show you everything from Alcatraz to Victorian Houses, skylines to beaches

The Highway 395 corridor is one of the state's most beautiful and least appreciated regions. These eastern California pictures will show you tufa towers at Mono Lake, the mother lode of ghost towns, 4,000-year-old trees and a pile of stone posts suitable for Satan himself. And don't forget the state's most spectacular fall foliage.

You'll see vineyards and wineries, but did you expect a spouting geyser, a petrified tree or a safari tour?

View pictures of the Valley of the Oaks in and around Fort Hunter-Liggett and Jolon, California.