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  10 Strange Things Found on California Beaches

  Over years of traveling the California Coast to visit beaches, we have discovered so many amazing places and also some strange things. We wanted to share pictures and stories about […]

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  California Sandcastle Contests and Festivals

  Kids aren’t the only ones who love building sandcastles at the beach. Many professional sandcastle artists compete at annual events that allow them to show off their skills and creative […]

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  9 Shipwrecks in California You Can See

  California has had its fair share of shipping disasters over the years. Many of the ships hit rocks offshore and sank deep enough that only brave scuba divers can see […]

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  12 Gorgeous Beaches in San Francisco You Must See

  San Francisco has something for everyone, including incredibly beautiful beaches. Some are located right on the ocean, while others lie along the bay. We have visited them all, took good notes, […]

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  Hidden Lighthouses in California You Should Try to Find

  Lighthouses are tall white structures with bright lights on top so they should be easy to spot right. Well some of the lighthouses on the California Coast aren’t in plain […]

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  Famous Bridges of California

  Bixby Bridge – See the photographs below of the famous bridges. California has some of the most iconic bridges around. Today we take most of them for granted as we drive […]

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  Enjoy This Road Trip From San Francisco To Santa Cruz

  For Bay area-dwellers, the road trip from San Francisco to Santa Cruz is an iconic one. Though it’s less than two hours in duration, there are a lot of wonderful […]

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Maps

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  The Historic Fishing Piers in California

  Fishing has always been a big coastal activity in California, long before surfing became popular in the 1960’s. During the second half of the 1800’s and in the early 1900’s […]

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  Best Beaches in San Francisco

  San Francisco is known for many world-class attractions around the city, but the incredible beaches here often get overlooked by tourists. It’s a shame because San Francisco has some of the […]

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  Golden Gate National Recreation Area

  Here’s a map of all the beaches in Golden Gate National Recreation Area. There are 26 of them around the San Francisco area. Some are south of the Golden Gate […]

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  The Missions of California

  California has 21 historic Spanish missions from San Diego to Sonoma in the northern San Francisco Bay Area. Most were built during the late 1700’s, with the two northernmost being […]

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  Tide Pools in the San Francisco Bay Area

  Tide Pools are one of the biggest draws at California beaches and the Bay Area has it’s fair share of them. In fact, two of the best tide pools in […]

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Attractions

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  San Francisco Cable Cars

  San Francisco’s Cable Cars are a major tourist attraction and a great way to navigate through the downtown area. Ever ride a national landmark? It’s being done everyday by both […]

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  Presidio of San Francisco

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  Golden Gate Park

  If you are planning a trip to San Francisco, you might have heard about Golden Gate Park from friends and family or even found it via an internet search of […]

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  Aquarium of the Bay

  Aquarium of the Bay is located on Pier 39 in the Fisherman’s Wharf District of the San Francisco waterfront. This unique aquarium has tunnels the length of a football field […]

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  Mission San Francisco de Asis

  Mission San Francisco de Asís, a.k.a. Mission Dolores Basilica, is located in the Mission District of San Francisco at the corner of Dolores Street and 16th Street. It was founded in 1776 […]

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Hotels

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  Fairmont Heritage Place, Ghirardelli Square

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  Inn at the Presidio

  The Inn at the Presidio is located in historic Pershing Hall, once an elegant home for bachelor officers when the Presidio was a U.S. Army post. The Georgian Revival-style building […]

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  Argonaut Hotel San Francisco

  Uniquely set in a turn-of-the-century warehouse, the celebrated Argonaut Hotel supplies a boutique hotel experience at Fisherman’s Wharf. The historic architecture of the building allows for the character of wood […]

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