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California Academy of Sciences

San Francisco, California

Topped with a living roof, the newly rebuilt California Academy of Sciences is home to an aquarium, planetarium and natural history museum. ...

Science & Nature Museum
Special Collection

East Bay Vivarium

San Francisco, California

Although technically a store, the East Bay Vivarium rivals the best nature museums for its collection of snakes, lizards, and other reptiles, and it's award-winning breeding program....

Boutique
Science & Nature Museum

Take Pee-Wee's Playhouse, Sesame Street, and your local Gymboree class and roll them into one and you've got some idea what Habitot, an award-winning hands on play museum for young children, is like. ...

Children's Museum

Jack London State Historic Park

San Francisco, California

Just outside of Sonoma in the hamlet of Glen Ellen, Jack London Park is the site of the famed and extravagant Wolf House that author Jack London and his wife Charmian built for themselves in their quest to become ranchers....

Historical Landmark
Park
History Museum
Hiking

Lawrence Hall of Science

San Francisco, California

Run by U.C. Berkeley, Lawrence Hall of Science was designed to introduce two through 18-year-olds to the joys of science, and it does so with the type of playfulness that only comes when people who love science set out to celebrate it with kids....

Science & Nature Museum
Planetarium

Roaring Camp Railway

San Francisco, California

If the call of "all aboard!" and a train whistle doesn't get kids excited, nothing will. Roaring Camp Railroad in Santa Cruz, Calif., has been re-introducing families to train travel with narrow-gauge steam trains through the redwoods for generations....

Train

Santa Cruz Beach and Boardwalk

San Francisco, California

Roller coasters, cotton candy, and the sound of seagulls -- make you feel nostalgic for good old-fashioned summer fun? That's what's to be had at Santa Cruz Beach & Boardwalk, which features one of the last wooden roller coasters in the country. ...

Amusement Park
Beach

Sonoma Plaza Park, Duck Pond and Playgrounds

San Francisco, California

The first stop for families on arriving in Sonoma Plaza is the duck pond, a large, reed-enclosed pond filled with mallards, geese, and even the occasional exotic migratory bird such as an egret or heron....

Park

Sonoma TrainTown Railroad

San Francisco, California

Family-run for more than 40 years, Sonoma, Calif.'s, TrainTown has a wonderfully hokey quality that's a refreshing contrast to chain-run water parks and other amusements. ...

Train

Tilden Park

San Francisco, California

Hidden in the hillside folds of Tilden Park are: A lavish, historic Merry-Go-Round with hand-carved and hand-painted animals, a minature ride-along steam train, a pony ride, and the beloved "Little Farm." ...