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California National Historic Trail Top Attraction! National Park in various states, CA USA
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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Van Damme State Park Top Attraction! Scenic in Little River, CA USA
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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The Skunk Train Top Attraction! Excursion in Fort Bragg, CA USA
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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Railtown 1897 State Historic Park Top Attraction! Historic Site in Jamestown, CA USA
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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Yosemite National Park Top Attraction! National Park in Yosemite National Park, CA USA
One of the most spectacular and most visited national parks in North America For tens of thousands of years, humans have changed, and have been changed by, this place we now call Yosemite. The Ahwahneechee lived here for generations, followed by the arrival of Europeans in the mid-1800s.
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Borax Visitor Center Museum in Boron, CA USA
Mining and Mineral Education Center The Borax Visitor Center is located in Boron, California, at the edge of California's largest open pit mine. The Visitor Center mission is to educate the public about the important role of mining and minerals in their daily lives.
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Children's Museum at La Habra Childrens Museum in La Habra, CA USA
The Children's Museum welcomes local, national and international visitors. Children can ride a kid-size carousel, take a walk in T-Rex's footprints, pet an Arctic fox, pump gas, drive a bus, dress up and perform, and dig for fossils all in one afternoon!
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Deerfield Ranch Winery Winery in Sonoma County, CA USA
Family owned winery, makes Clean Wine®, taste in their cave Deerfield Ranch Winery is located in the heart of Sonoma Valley in the small town of Kenwood. It is just an hours drive from the Golden Gate Bridge and the City of San Francisco.
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Hilmar Cheese Company Visitor Center Tour in Turlock, CA USA
Visit a cheese factory! Tour, taste, shop & eat! Tour, Taste, Shop and Eat at one of the world's largest cheese creameries. Hilmar Cheese Company Visitor Center features a MOOvie and fun, interactive exhibits where you can dress like a cheese maker.
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Pinnacles National Monument National Park in Paicines, CA USA
National Monument Rising out of the chaparral-covered Gabilan Mountains, east of central California's Salinas Valley, are the spectacular remains of an ancient volcano.
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Point Reyes National Seashore National Park in Point Reyes, CA USA
National Park Point Reyes National Seashore contains unique elements of biological and historical interest in a spectacularly scenic panorama of thunderous ocean breakers, open grasslands, bushy hillsides and forested ridges.
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Pulp Idols Art Gallery in Canyon Country, CA USA
Pulp Idols is a series of nine new mixed media works on wood produced by Sya Warfield over the past year. In this turbulent time, Warfield has chosen to create portraits of key figures who have effected change within our societies and cultural lives.
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Skunk Train Excursion in Mendocino, CA USA
Tourist Train The view from the train today is pretty much unchanged: towering trees, deer drinking from the Noyo
River, an isolated cabin peeking from the forest.
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Weekend Scenic Train Rides Excursion in Fillmore, CA USA
excursion train rides year round Fillmore & Western Railway's Scenic Excursions aboard the "Movie Trains" depart from Fillmore, CA. every Saturday January thru March 13, at noon. Sundays will be added starting March 21.
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Wrigley Memorial & Botanic Garden Botanical Garden in Avalon, CA USA
Celebrates Catalina's rare plants in this peaceful sanctuary The Wrigley Memorial & Botanic Garden is a thirty-minute stroll up Avalon Canyon from town center. Or, take a quick ride by golf cart or bike, or by trolley.
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Clarke Historical Museum Public Tours Museum in Eureka, CA USA
Free docent led tours of the Clarke Historical Museum Whether a tourist or a local, a stop in Old Town Eureka is not complete without a visit to the Clarke Historical Museum. Founded by Eureka High School teacher Cecile Clarke, the museum has been housed in the landmark Bank of Eureka building since 1960.
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Estrella Warbirds Museum and Woodland Auto Display Museum in All Locations, CA USA
military and classic car museum Located in Paso Robles, California, Estrella Warbirds Museum has long been one of the fastest growing non-profit museums in Central California. It is home to a vast collection of military aviation artifacts, aircraft and memorabilia.
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Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens Botanical Garden in Fort Bragg, CA USA
Garden by the Sea...Jewel of the North Coast As one of the few public gardens in the continental United States with direct ocean frontage, we offer everything from colorful displays to thunderous waves. The mild maritime climate makes us the gardens for all seasons, attracting gardeners and nature lovers alike.
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Moonlight Special BBQ Train Ride & Campfire Program Excursion in Fish Camp, CA USA
This three hour event is on Wednesdays and Saturdays A tradition that has been in the making for over 40 years! This event is popular with all ages that features a BBQ steak, chicken, hot dog, or vegetarian dinner in an outdoor setting with entertainment.
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