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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? Full
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Golden
Getaways: California Hotels from $95
OXNARD
STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL
Family Entertainment Weekend on California Coast
2008 marks the
25th Anniversary of the California Strawberry Festival in Oxnard, 2
days for music, family entertainment, and did
we mention - strawberries - in every sweet shape and way! Full
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SACRAMENTO
WINE TOURS
A New Company in Town
Over
200 wineries are now within 60 miles the California State Capital.
Wine fans visiting
Northern California can now enjoy tasting tours at the area's most
popular wineries from limousine comfort with new tour company,
Sacramento Wine and Nightlife Tours. Full
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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. (See Full
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MONTEREY
BAY AQUARIUM
Sea Life on Cannery Row
Vast
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. The Monterey Bay Aquarium
is one of the best of its kind in the world. (See Full
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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 you’re
going to The Wharf. There are many things to do in the city of cable
cars that go halfway to the stars, but the number one tourist destination
and symbol of the city’s
identity is the Fisherman’s Wharf. (See Full
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KAUTZ IRONSTONE VINEYARDS
Wine Tasting Entertainment Park In Sierra Nevada
Going beyond the simple wine
tasting room, Ironstone Vineyards in Murphys California has become
an entertainment destination for wine lovers and the whole family afrom
wine aging caves to gold panning and musical amphitheater, Kautz-Ironstone
has grown into the largest winery entertainment complex
in the state. (See Full
Story)
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 close to Hearst Castle, Paso Robles
wineries, Morro Bay and Mo's best BBQ in this iconclastic Pacific beach
town of surfers and clams halfway between LA and San Francisco..
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CASTLE
AIR MUSEUM
Incredible Collection of WWII and Cold War Era Aircraft
The
Castle Air Museum started as a collection of some left over
aircraft from the base’s heyday parked near some unused hangars. Today
the Museum as grown into an amazing collection of WWII, Korea
and Cold War era aircraft, displayed in a peaceful park like setting in central
California. ( See Full
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TALKING HOUSES OF CARSON
CITY
Kit Carson Trail in Nevada’s State Capital
Take a walk through the historic
district of Carson City, capital of the silver state and the houses
will speak to you like ghosts from the past. Stop
along the way at the house used for filming John Wayne’s last
movie “The Shootist” and finish the journey into Nevada’s
gun-slinging and freedom spirit past at the Nevada State Museum. (See
Full
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JAMESTOWN MOVIE
STEAM TRAIN
California Gold Country Movie History
Seen
in countless
movies and TV shows, for anyone who loves movies and has a child’s
excitement at the steam jet clank of a locomotive chugging upgrade,
a visit to
this cultural icon of film and rail history should be mandatory. See
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JUST
US GHOSTS
Sierra Sky Ranch Haunted Hotel in Southern Sierra Nevada
Awakened
from a deep slepp to find two young children staring at you, you think
for a moment that people in hotels should keep better watch over their
children. Then
you look again and they're not there! See Full
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LIKE PATTON
TOOK PALERMO
Tank Warfare Museum In
the 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. See Full
Story
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