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California Attractions

Listing of Attraction by City

· Alpine: Dinosaur Land
· Aptos: Concrete Ship
· Auburn: Great Statues
· Baker: World's Largest Thermometer
· Bakersfield: Building Shaped Like a Shoe
· Bear Valley: Famous One Log House
· Big Bear Lake: Time Bandits Pirate Ship
· Big Bear Lake: Shoe Tree
· Boron: Borax Visitors Center
· Buena Park: Medieval Times
· Burlingame: Pez Museum
· Cabazon: Claude Bell's Dinosaurs
· Calistoga: Old Faithful Geyser of California
· Cambria: Nitt Witt Ridge
· Castroville: Artichoke Capital, Giant Artichoke
· Chiriaco Summit: Gen. Patton Museum
· Culver City: Museum of Jurassic Technology
· Davis: Toad Hollow Tunnel
· Death Valley: Mysterious Moving Rocks
· El Cajon: Unarius Academy of Science
· Encinitas: Ship Houses
· Escondido: Lawrence Welk Museum
· Eureka: Gabriel's Garden
· Fairfield: Jelly Belly Factory Tour
· Felicity: Center of the World
· Fresno: Forestiere Underground Gardens
· Gilroy: Circus Trees
· Gilroy:Casa de Fruita, cup flipper
· Grass Valley: Alta Sierra Biblical Gardens
· Guerneville: Pee Wee Golf
· Helendale: Elmer's Place, Bottle Cacti
· Hollywood: Hollywood Wax Museum
· Indio: Shields Date Garden in the Date Capital of the World
· Jacumba: Desert View Tower
· Kingsburg: Swedish town, Coffee Pot water tower
· Klamath: Tour-Thru Tree, Trees of Mystery
· La Jolla: Gravity Hill
· La Puente: Donut Hole
· Lathrop: Crashed UFO at the Tower Mart
· Leggett: Chandelier Drive-Thru Tree
· Lemon Grove: World's Largest Lemon
· Lindsay: Large Olive
· Livermore: Longest Continually Burning Lightbulb
· Los Angeles: La Brea Tar Pits
· Los Angeles: Tess, 50 ft. Woman
· Mojave: Airplane Graveyard
· Morro Bay: Human Chess Board
· Myers Flat: Shrine Drive-Thru Tree
· Niland: Leonard Knight's Salvation Mountain
· Oakland: Children's Fairyland
· Pasadena: Bunny Museum
· Phillipsville: Chimney Tree
· Phillipsville: Hobbiton USA
· Piercy: World Famous Tree House
· Piercy: Confusion Hill
· Pope Valley: King of Hubcaps
· Rio Vista: Foster's Big Horn
· Riverside: West Coast War Dog Memorial
· San Diego: Shoe Tree
· San Francisco: Musee Mecanique
· San Francisco: Wave Organ
· San Jose: Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum
· Santa Clarita: Star Trek Rocks
· Santa Cruz: Mystery Spot
· Santee: Museum of Creation and Earth History
· Simi Valley: Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village
· Simi Valley: Reagan Presidential Library
· Stockton: King of the Windmills
· Sunnyvale: Fruit Cocktail Water Tower
· Tarzana:Cadillac-shaped building
· Turlock: Bulldozer-shaped building
· Truckee: Emigrant Trail Museum and Statue
· Victorville: Brownie, railroad dog
· Willow Creek: Bigfoot sights
· Woodland: Hays Truck Museum
· Woodland Hills: The Old Trapper's Lodge
· Yorba Linda: Nixon Library and Birthplace

More Places to See

National Parks
California is home to some of the country's oldest and most popular national parks, and what may well be the hottest place on earth:
· Yosemite
· Death Valley

California Coast
· Monterey Bay Aquarium
· Highway One

Underrated and Spectacular
They're listed first because under-visited spots are still the most pristine, and because they're personal favorites.
· East of Sierras: The fantastic landscape along US 395 is unmatched.
· Channel Islands: I call these isolated islands near Santa Barbara California's Galapagos, they've got so many endemic species.
· Lassen Volcanic National Park: It erupted in 1915 and has been recovering ever since.
· San Andreas Fault: The big crack in the middle of California holds unique geological features.

Mountains
· Yosemite National Park: It's a victim of its own beauty, but still worth a stop off-season.
· Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks: A less-crowded alternative to Yosemite.
· Mount Shasta: The country's tallest volcanic peak.

Lakes
· Lake Shasta: It can be crowded in summer, but in late fall or winter, you'll have it almost to yourself.
· Lake Tahoe: It's over-developed, but a list of California lakes seems incomplete without it.
· Mono Lake: Lowered water levels have created fantastic tufa towers and a unique ecosystem.

Animals
· Monarch Butterflies: These fragile creatures gather by the thousands in winter.
· Tule Elk: These once-endangered elk thrive in the central valley's Tule Elk State Reserve and around Point Reyes.
· Whale-Watching: Where to see them depends on the time of year.
· Elephant Seals: They winter at Ano Nuevo State Park near Santa Cruz and at Piedras Blancas near Hearst Castle.

Trees and Wildflowers
· The Big Trees: Giant sequioas grow in Sequoia National Park and Yosemite. For tall coastal redwoods, go to Muir Woods near San Francisco and or Redwood National Park.
· Hite Cove Trail: This moderate trail is one of California's best wildflower walks.

San Francisco
Some critics say San Francisco has better restaurants than New York, a statement I'll leave to the experts to debate. Nevertheless, it has a large number of terrific restaurants, fun grazing in the Ferry Building, an exciting Farmers Market and some nice places for afternoon tea. Devoted food-lovers may want to make the pilgrimage to Chez Panisse across the bay in Berkeley, where some say Alice Waters invented California cuisine, but you'll have to reserve a month ahead (exactly) and make a deposit for the privilege.

Los Angeles
The home of Spago, Campanile and my favorite La Brea Bakery has plenty of fine dining, but Los Angeles is also a great place for ethnic cuisine and reasonably-priced beachside cafes. The Farmers Market here is more of a tourist stop than a gourmet shop, but many locals swear by it.

Have you dreamed of a California vacation for so long that you feel like you've already been there? Do you want to be sure you cover all those spots that your friends and neighbors say you've just gotta see? These are the most iconic of California's best-known sights and attractions.

Our guide to Los Angeles' top attractions will fill you in on the most popular spots and attractions, along with what we think are the best of the rest. The City of Angels' most classic things to do include:
· Disneyland
· Hollywood: Take a stroll along Hollywood Boulevard, see the stars on the sidewalk and the footprints at Mann's Chinese Theater.
· Universal Studios

San Diego
Our guide to San Diego's top attractions will fill you in on the most popular spots and attractions, along with what we think are the best of the rest. San Diego's most classic tourist stops include:
· Sea World
· San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park
· Old Town San Diego

San Francisco
Our guide to San Francisco' top attractions will fill you in on the most popular spots and attractions, along with what we think are the best of the rest. The City by the Bay's most classic spots include:
· Fisherman's Wharf
· Golden Gate Bridge
· Cable Cars


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