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Travel Town Transportation Museum
Los Angeles, California
This is paradise for kids who have a thing for Thomas the Tank Engine or who simply appreciate trains. They get the run of what is essentially a train yard...
Special Collection
Train
The Disneyland® Resort
Los Angeles, California
When the "happiest place on earth" opened in 1955, it had 20 attractions. Today it has more than 65 (including the separate Disney's California Adventure...
Theme Park
La Jolla Shores
San Diego, California
La Jolla Shores is easily one of the most family-friendly beaches in San Diego County. The city of La Jolla is often called San Diego's Riviera for its azure...
Beach
Monterey County Youth Museum (MY Museum)
Monterey Bay, California
The day we stopped by, toddlers were climbing, sliding and rolling all over "My Day at the Beach," a sort of indoor playground featuring wooden boats and sand blocks....
Children's Museum
Art Museum
Science & Nature Museum
The Haunted Mansion®
Disneyland
This loveably creepy establishment has been a favorite in the Disney empire since it opened in 1969. Accompanied by an amusingly eerie soundtrack, there are some amusing hair-raising moments...
Attraction
Casey Jr. Circus Train
Disneyland
Adults look downright silly on this attraction, riding in circus cages behind the pint-sized locomotive. No matter, the kids absolutely adore it. Designed to look like the Casey Jr...
Attraction
Dennis the Menace Playground
Monterey Bay, California
Dennis the Menace Playground lets your kids climb, play and run — and be as menacing as they want....
Park
Hearst Castle
Central Coast, California
The highlight of any Central Coast trip is likely to be a tour of Hearst Castle, the extravagant art-bedecked mansion of media magnate William Randolph Hearst. But for kids it's more than a mansion, it's a window into a bygone era of Hollywood glamour....
Historical Landmark
History Museum
Special Collection
Walking Tour
Archaeological Tour
it's a small world
Disneyland
Love it or hate it, "it's a small world" is one ride that's not to be missed. True, the song has inspired exasperation -- so much so, in fact, that it...
Amusement Park
Linn's Fruit Bin Farmstore
Central Coast, California
The highlight of any Central Coast trip is likely to be a tour of Hearst Castle, the extravagant art-bedecked mansion of media magnate William Randolph Hearst. But for kids it's more than a mansion, it's a window into a bygone era of Hollywood glamour....
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