In the early 1850s Trinidad was a booming supply town with a population of 3,000; now it’s one of the smallest incorporated cities in California, encompassing a little rocky bluff that a handful of anglers, artists, retirees, and shopkeepers call home. A sort of Mendocino-in-miniature, cute-as-a-button Trinidad is known mainly as a sportfishing town: trawlers and skiffs sit patiently in the bay, awaiting their owners or tourists eager to spend an afternoon salmon fishing. Scenery and silence, however, are the town’s most desirable commodities; if all you’re after is a little R & R on the coast, Trinidad is among the most peaceful and beautiful areas you’ll find in California.