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Nature Center at Happy Isles
Yosemite National Park, California
If you're visiting Yosemite in summer, the Nature Center at Happy Isles is a must-do. (It's also open on some weekends in spring and fall.) There are lots of...
Science & Nature Museum
Red and White Fleet
San Francisco, California
Early San Francisco residents arriving by boat first saw the city from the water, and the view has continued to stun visitors ever since. The standard one-hour tour takes...
Boat Ride
Boat Tour
San Andreas Faultline Adventure Jeep Tour
Palm Springs, California
Kids will grin from ear to ear throughout this bouncing, bumping, thoroughly entertaining and educational tour of the San Andreas Fault zone. Knowledgeable guides engage kids with fascinating facts about the seemingly barren yet truly rich desert....
Jeep Ride
San Diego Zoo Safari Park (formerly Wild Animal Park)
San Diego, California
The Safari Park (formerly Wild Animal Park) plays counterpart to the world-famous San Diego Zoo. View African and Asian animals in large habitats that include an enormous valley...
Zoo
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
San Francisco, California
This is the place to really experience San Francisco's seafaring past. Six of the seven wooden boats moored at the park's Hyde Street Pier are national landmarks, including the square...
Park
Science & Nature Museum
SeaWorld Adventure Park
San Diego, California
Part amusement park, part aquarium, part outdoor marine zoo, SeaWorld is a theme park that has everything from shark encounters and orca shows to an aerial tram on the bay...
Water Park
The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror™
Disneyland
For pure entertainment value, nothing beats being hauled up to the top of a 13-story structure ... and then unceremoniously dropped back down. For older kids (and even some daring...
Attraction
Aquarium of the Bay
San Francisco, California
It's hard not to be distracted by the sprawling, brawling, and barking sea lions on the west side of Pier 39, but more sealife awaits at the nearby revamped Aquarium...
Star Tours
Disneyland
Soar through the galaxy on Star Tours — The Adventure Continues, meet a variety of "Star Wars" characters and visit new planets and destinations you've only seen in the movies....
Amusement Park
Soarin'® Over California Attraction
Disneyland
Disney created this simulated glider ride over the Golden State as a signature of its California Adventure theme park. A true novelty, Soarin' takes riders into the center of a...
Attraction
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