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SOUTHERN CALIFORNA
DINOSAURS
ATTACK LA
New Dinosaur Hall at LA County Museum Opens
See
the millions of years old creatures who roamed the
Earth at the new Dinosaur hall at the Los Angeles County Natural
History Museum in Exposition Park. Dinosaurs in LA
LA
BREA TAR PITS & PAGE MUSEUM
Ice Age Fossils in Los Angeles
The
La Brea Tar Pits have been one of the most famous features of Los Angeles
ever since the city grew from the coastal plain where the waters
of the Pacific Ocean receded 100,000 years ago. Page
Museum
MAGIC
CASTLE AND HOTEL
What's the secret of seeing Hollywood magic?
Hollywood's
Magic Castle is maze of mystery chambers, spooky secret passages where
after a sumptuous supper, visitors are treated to magic shows, but as a
private club, how does a traveling tourist get in? Magic
Castle
Golden
Getaways: California Hotels from $95
SAN
FRANCISCO
THE FRANCISCAN
San Francisco Wharf Best Bay View and Food
The
Franciscan Crab Restaurant, a landmark on the San Francisco
Bay Fisherman's Wharf since the Giants came to town in 1957. The
best view and food combination on Pier 43 1/2. The
Franciscan
SAN
FRANCISCO'S FISHERMAN'S WHARF
Best things to do on the famous wharf by the Bay
If
you're taking a trip to San Francisco.
There are lots of things to do in the city of cable cars that go halfway
to the stars, but the symbol
of the city’s
identity is the Fisherman’s Wharf. SF
Fisherman's Wharf
CALIFORNIA COAST
ANACAPA
ISLAND CRUISE
Whales and Nature on the California Coast
Anacapa
Island is the easist of the Channel Islands to reach
from Oxnard Channel Islands Harbor for whale watching and nature
hikes on rock cliffs sheltering nesting seagulls
and wild flowers. Anacapa
Island Cruise
MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM
Sea Life on Cannery Row
Windows
into the depths of a million gallon artficial ocean where sharks and
stingrays lurk. Three stories high kelp forest of sea
perch and hifting iridescent colors of flaoting jelly fish like
living art. Monterey
Bay
SHORE CLIFF LODGE
Romantic Ocean View Hotel at Pismo Beach
Sunset
ocean views from the balcony of every room at the Best Western Shore
Cliff Lodge in Pismo Beach and Mo's best BBQ in this iconclastic Pacific
beach town halfway between LA and San Francisco. Shore
Cliff
CALIFORNIA
GOLD COUNTRY
CALAVERAS
SIERRA WINE TASTING
Liquid Gold in California’s Gold Country
Sierra
Foothills wine growing Calaveras County offers wine tasting, art,
live entertainment
and gold rush era history with romantic historic Bed and Breakfasts
and scenic drives. Sierra
Wine Tasting
JAMESTOWN MOVIE STEAM TRAIN
California Gold Country Movie History
For
anyone who loves movies and has a child’s excitement at the steam
clank of a locomotive chugging upgrade, a visit to this cultural icon
of film and rail history should be mandatory. Jamestown
Steam Trains
KAUTZ IRONSTONE VINEYARDS
Wine Tasting Entertainment Park In Sierra Nevada
Ironstone
Vineyards is an entertainment destination for wine lovers and the whole
family -
wine caves, gold panning and musical amphitheater, the largest
in the state. Ironstone
Murphys
CASTLE
AIR MUSEUM
Incredible Collection of WWII and Cold War Era Aircraft
The
Castle Air Museum presents an amazing collection of WWII, Korea
and Cold War era aircraft, displayed in a park like setting in central
California outside of Merced.. Castle
Air Museum
CALIFORNIA DESERT
MARCH
AIR FIELD MUSEUM
Jets of the Atomic Bomb Age
Massive
aviation history collection of first jet aircraft, post-war and cold
war planes, Startegic Air
Command, and movie history at operational base along the
215 freeway in Riverside. March Air Museum
PATTON'S
TANK WARFARE MUSEUM
Tanks in the Southern California Desert
The
George Patton Memorial Tank Warfare Museum 45 minutes from
Palm Springs
on I10. Where General Patton trained his 7th Army armored corps
before setting off to North Africa. Patton
Tank Warfare
NEVADA
MARK
TWAIN MUSEUM - VIRGINIA CITY
Basement
Office of America's Great Writer
Before
Mark Twain became famous as America's favorite humorist with
his novels of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn, he started as a newspaper
reporter in the Silver Rush of north Nevada. Twain
Museum
OKLAHOMA
NATIONAL
COWBOY MUSEUM - OKLAHOMA CITY
Largest Western Heritage Collection
One
of the best museums of cowboy and western heritage from historic
ranch life to movies and tv, collections from barbed wire to famour
western guns and film star props. Cowboy Museum
TEXAS
TEXAS
RANGERS HALL OF FAME & MUSEUM
Famous Lawmen Story in Waco
From the Lone Ranger to Walker and the ambush of Bonnie & Clyde, the Texas Ranger
as
taken
on
a
mythic
quality
in western history and culture. See the story of the real rangers in Waco. Texas
Rangers
CANADA
QUEBEC
WINTER CARNIVALE
Bonhomme's Snow Play Festival
In January-February in the pre-lent days of winter in the great north,
the Quebec Winter Festival offers plenty of family fun and nights of
dancing and parties. Quebec Winter Carnival
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