In my limited travels in California, one thing I've marveled at is how the land and view change so much. Drive an hour or two (often just 30 minutes) and mountains will give way to valleys. One minute you're seeing acres of graceful windmills, the next you're looking at fields of wildflowers. Here's a massive pumpkin patch, there's a breathtaking glimpse of the Pacific. Here's a dusty strip of desert, there a beach lined with palm trees. Whatever you might be seeking, you stand a good chance of finding it in California.

The Motley Fool has something in common with California. We're also a rich, deep resource, and one that many people only know a little about. Just as some people are only familiar with the Los Angeles area, if you spend most of your time on our discussion boards, you may forget (or never know) that we have a lot of personal finance resources. If you just listen to our radio show, you may not realize that we have daily articles on investing and stories in the news.

To address this vexing problem, I've put together a bunch of links to many nooks and crannies of Fooldom, in the hope of introducing you to some new corners. I hereby dare you to not stumble upon something surprising or interesting or useful. In fact, I invite you to bookmark this page right now and revisit it, because there's a lot to refer to here. (Perhaps also forward it to a friend who might benefit from some of our offerings -- just click on the "Email this page" link in a box above and to the right.) Without further ado:

Evaluating companies
Want to learn how to evaluate companies? Want to be a savvier investor? We have hundreds of educational articles on the topic. Check these out, for example:

Also useful is our Fool's School. And here's an even longer list of articles and resources.

To start gathering data on companies, visit our Quotes and Data area, where you can also set up online portfolios to track your investments, would-be investments, and watch lists. If you're waiting for Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT), Home Depot (NYSE:HD), PepsiCo (NYSE:PEP), Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX), Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG), or Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A) (NYSE:BRK.B) stock prices to fall into your buy range, keeping an eye on them via an online portfolio can be very handy.

Personal finance
Our personal finance area can help you save money in many different parts of your life:

TMF Money Advisor
If the thought of addressing all these financial issues and getting your fiscal house in order is making your head throb, consider checking out our TMF Money Advisor service. We created it in order to offer inexpensive yet top-notch professional financial-planning advice for Fools like you. You can give it a whirl at little or no cost.

Radio, newspaper, and books
If you want to learn more about investing but have trouble sitting still at a computer for long, check out our Motley Fool Radio Show, carried by National Public Radio. If your local station isn't carrying it, ask for it -- or listen to it online. We also have a syndicated weekly newspaper feature that's been picked up by more than 200 papers around the country. If your local paper doesn't carry it, consider giving the business section editor a jingle and asking for it.

When it comes to books, we've got lots of our own books, and we also sell many other folks' money-related books, in FoolMart. Here are most of our books:

  • The Motley Fool's Guide to Couples & Cash: How to Handle Money with Your Honey
  • The Motley Fool Personal Finance Workbook: A Foolproof Guide to Organizing Cash and Building Wealth
  • The Motley Fool Investment Guide for Teens: Eight Steps to Having More Money Than Your Parents Ever Dreamed Of
  • The Motley Fool's What to Do With Your Money Now: Ten Steps to Staying Up in a Down Market
  • The Motley Fool You Have More Than You Think: The Foolish Guide to Personal Finance
  • The Motley Fool Investment Guide: How The Fool Beats Wall Street's Wise Men and How You Can Too
  • The Motley Fool's Rule Breakers, Rule Makers
  • The Motley Fool Investment Workbook
  • The Motley Fool's Guide to Paying for School: How to Cover Education Costs from K to Ph.D.
  • The Motley Fool Money Guide: Answers to Your Questions about Saving, Spending and Investing
  • Investment Clubs: How to Start and Run One the Motley Fool Way

Discussion boards -- the Fool community
One of the things the Fool does best is provide a home for thousands of conversations on thousands of topics. You owe it to yourself to check out our vibrant online community.

We have a dedicated discussion board for almost any stock you can think of, and boards for industries and investment approaches and personal finance topics. Look over our directory and you'll find boards for topics such as:

Astronomy; Photography; African-American Fools; General Aviation; Humor and Urban Legends; Card & Board Games; Death and Grieving; Great Movies; Eclectic Library; Single Fools; Foolish Golf Tips; Television Banter; Quitting Smoking; Fools Fighting Fat; Surviving Cancer; Christian Fools; Islam; Atheist Fools; Major League Baseball; Genealogy; Beer; Help with this STUPID computer!; Military Fools; NASCAR; Pet Lovers; Retired Fools; Teachers; College Fools; Divorce; Gardening; Health and Nutrition; LASIK Eye Surgery; Music & Musicians; Parents and Expecting Parents; Adoption; Single Parents; Homeschooling; Political Asylum; Aspiring Writers; Recipes/Cooking; Vegetarian and Vegan Fools; The Wine Cellar; Wireless World; Gay, Out, Loud, Proud; Living Below Your Means; Computer Games.

We've got scads of investing-related boards, too, of course -- on topics such as low P/E stocks, retirement investing, real estate, biotechnology, managing your portfolio, mutual funds, preferred stocks, value investing, investing beginners, reading financial statements, and terms, definitions and jargon.

Newsletters
In the past couple of years, we've launched a suite of investing newsletters designed to deliver promising investment ideas directly to you each month. Learn more about each of them and see if you'd like to check some out:

  • Motley Fool Champion Funds : Our latest newsletter profiles top funds with market-beating returns. Shannon Zimmerman spotlights fund managers with proven track records in ALL kinds of markets.

  • Motley Fool Stock Advisor : Get David and Tom Gardner's best stock recommendations and financial insights.

  • Tom Gardner's Motley Fool Hidden Gems: In this newsletter, Tom spotlights undiscovered, undervalued companies generating heaps of free cash flow.

  • Motley Fool Income Investor : Fool analyst Mathew Emmert highlights exceptional high-yield companies.

How-To Guides and online seminars
Just as Apollo Group (NASDAQ:APOL) pioneered distance and online learning with its University of Phoenix virtual campus, your friends at the Fool were also pioneers in online learning. Since the late 1990s, we've taught tens of thousands of people via online seminars and How-To Guides. Our offerings have gotten high marks from participants and come with money-back guarantees. So check them out -- you've got little to lose. Some sample topics:

  • How to Plan the Perfect Retirement
  • How to Start Investing
  • How to Pick the Best Mutual Funds
  • How to Crack the Code: Read Financial Statements Like A Pro
  • How to Combine Love and Money
  • How to Stash Your Cash
  • How to Know When to Buy and Sell
  • How to Disaster-Proof Your Finances

Archives
If there's a bit of the archaeologist in you, poke through our archives and the archives of discontinued features, and you'll be able to find all kinds of interesting things.

Your favorites
I know I've neglected many terrific spots in Fooldom. Our Site Map can point you to some. Feel free to share some of your favorite corners with other Fools on our discussion boards.

Selena Maranjian has been touring Fool dom for more than nine years, and she's still surprised now and then. She owns stock in Berkshire Hathaway. For more about Selena, view her bio and her profile . You might also be interested in these books she has written or co-written: The Motley Fool Money Guide and The Motley Fool Investment Guide for Teens . The Motley Fool is Fools writing for Fools .