Mendocino.
Mendocino looks like a fishing village in coastal Maine got airlifted to California — same Cape Cod-cluster shingle architecture, same B&B inventory. The independent core: Brewery Gulch Inn, MacCallum House (1882), the Stanford Inn (a longtime eco-resort), the Inn at Schoolhouse Creek. The Stanford-Heritage House drama is over and the latter is now part of a small group, so it's edge-case.
Harbor House Inn
A 1916 redwood-built oceanfront inn — 11 rooms, Two-Michelin-Star restaurant, Forbes 5-star.
Brewery Gulch Inn
An eleven-room ocean-view inn on a 10-acre redwood grove — adults-only, all-inclusive breakfast and supper.
The Stanford Inn
A 10-acre eco-resort with the only certified-organic restaurant in Mendocino — 41 rooms, on-site farm.
Albion River Inn
Twenty-two rooms on a Pacific bluff — gas fireplace in every room, Single Malt Scotch list of 90.
Inn at Schoolhouse Creek
Eight ocean-view acres south of the village — 16 rooms in farmhouse buildings + cottages.
MacCallum House Inn
An 1882 Victorian gingerbread mansion — 19 rooms in the heart of Mendocino village.