California National Historic Trail Top Attraction!
National Historic Trail The California Trail carried over 250,000 gold-seekers and farmers to the gold fields and rich farmlands of California during the 1840's and 1850's, the greatest mass migration in American history.
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Historic Downtown Petaluma Top Attraction!
Victorian charm meets Wine Country sophistication Nestled along the banks of the Petaluma River and chartered in 1858, Petaluma is one of California's oldest and most picturesque cities. Located just 32 miles north of San Francisco, Petaluma is the southernmost city in Sonoma County.
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Temecula Valley Southern California Wine Country Top Attraction!
Temecula Wineries Temecula Valley Southern California Wine Country is synonymous with fine wines and exceptional hospitality. Close to 40 wineries produce award-winning wines made possible by a unique microclimate and well-drained decomposed granite soils.
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Big Bear Lake Top Attraction!
Big Bear Lake is Southern California's 4-Season mountain resort destination. Big Bear Lake is a 4-season mountain resort destination within just a few hour drive of anywhere in Southern California.
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Alcatraz Island Top Attraction!
National Park Out in the middle of the San Francisco Bay, the island of Alcatraz is a world unto itself. Isolation, one of the constants of island life for any inhabitant - soldier, guard, prisoner, bird or plant - is a recurrent theme in the unfolding history of Alcatraz.
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Van Damme State Park Top Attraction!
Van Damme State Park consists of beach and upland on the Mendocino Coast. Of all the park system's units along the Mendocino coast, Van Damme is perhaps the richest in terms of historical resources connected with the redwood lumber industry.
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Point Cabrillo Lighthouse Top Attraction!
Welcome to the Point Cabrillo Light Station. Our lighthouse has an original Third Order Fresnel lens that continues to operate 24 hours a day as an active Federal Aid to Navigation.
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The Skunk Train Top Attraction!
It is the towering trees, a glimpse of a deer drinking from the Noyo River, an isolated fisherman's cabin peeking from the forest, and the notion that you have left the rest of the world behind that draw people to the Skunk Train. Except for the passengers' high-tech cameras and modern garb, a time traveler from the last century would feel quite at home riding on the Skunk Train today.
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San Buenaventura Mission Top Attraction!
Founded in 1782, Mission San Buenaventura, was the ninth of California's 21 missions and the last to be established by Father Junipero Serra. Destroyed by fire in the 1790s, the church was rebuilt over a period of a dozen years and rededicated in 1809.
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Railtown 1897 State Historic Park Top Attraction!
Home of the "movie train" - a great railway museum If you love old trains, Raitown is a must! It brings America's glorious railway past to life! The museum includes a working train with historic cars operating from April through October that lets visitors relive the experience of early train travel.
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