Farm life thrives at this rural haven in Carpinteria, where 40 alpacas, llamas, sheep, chickens, horses, a buffalo, and peacocks are primed for meet-and-greets. Photo Courtesy of Canzelle Alpacas.

Santa Barbara Museum of Art. The emergence of modern times is the focus of paintings, sculptures, photographs, and prints. Photo: Kay Sage, Second Song, 1943. Oil on canvas. SBMA, Gift of the Estate of Kay Sage Tanguy.

On Saturdays and Sundays, head to City Hall for a docent-led tour of the town’s historic buildings, architectural styles, landscape, and backstory. Photo Courtesy of Lydia Rao.

Discovering Soolip Creative Arts Workshops feels like finding a key inscribed with your initials on the forest floor. Open the door to your creativity in the setting of small Soolip gatherings, intimate happenings. Rare opportunities to tap into your spirit […]

Women’s chores and their household tools from the late 1800s are explored at the Stagecoach Inn and Museum in Newbury Park.

The state’s bioregions and species are represented in artist Patti Jacquemain’s woodcuts and mosaics at the California Nature Art Museum in Solvang.

Tractors, a working beehive, and tools of the trade chronicle the county’s agricultural industry at this warehouse, built in 1888. Thursdays through Sundays.

Shop for home décor, antiques, quirky collectables, and homespun crafts at this historic museum in Ventura.

Make merry with Santa, Victorian carolers, and craft vendors at Camarillo Ranch, a Victorian mansion built in 1892.