Waves and sea spray through a sea arch at Pfeiffer Beach in Big Sur, California, USA -- Patrick Smith/Visuals Unlimited, Inc.

Waves and sea spray through a sea arch at Pfeiffer Beach in Big Sur, California, USA -- Patrick Smith/Visuals Unlimited, Inc.

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• If seclusion is what you are after, this sublime shoreline might be just the place.""Only 1,000 people live along this 100-mile stretch of coast
• Before the road here was built in 1918, this was one of the most inaccessible places in all California.""Now it is one of the best places to go for a spin
• If you think the waves in this photo are peaceful, just imagine what it is like being there.""This video should help
• Which famous writer and figure of the Beat movement wrote of his stay in this region?""The book is now being made into a film