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Quirky FunCalico Ghost Town
Under $25A restored 1880s silver-mining ghost town in the Mojave Desert with shops, mine tours and gunfights.
Yermo, CA
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Coastal gardens, a ghost town, and Sierra foothills
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- Nearest airport: FAT, about 32 miles
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Tours
IconicSkunk Train
$50+Historic excursion railroad running through redwood forest and along the Noyo River canyon from Fort Bragg.
Fort Bragg, CA
Sport & Outdoor
Outdoor AdventureMendocino Coast Botanical Gardens
Under $2547-acre coastal botanical garden near Fort Bragg with seasonal blooms, canyons, wetlands and ocean bluffs along the Pacific.
Fort Bragg, CA
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Attractions
Quirky FunCalico Ghost Town
Under $25A restored 1880s silver-mining ghost town in the Mojave Desert with shops, mine tours and gunfights.
Tours
IconicSkunk Train
$50+Historic excursion railroad running through redwood forest and along the Noyo River canyon from Fort Bragg.
Sport & Outdoor
Outdoor AdventureMendocino Coast Botanical Gardens
Under $2547-acre coastal botanical garden near Fort Bragg with seasonal blooms, canyons, wetlands and ocean bluffs along the Pacific.
Museums
History BuffGeneral Patton Memorial Museum
Under $25A military history museum at Chiriaco Summit honoring General George S. Patton and the WWII Desert Training Center.
Museums
IconicHearst Castle
$25–$50A hilltop historic estate built for William Randolph Hearst, now a state historical monument with guided tours of grand rooms, art and pools.
Sport & Outdoor
Outdoor AdventureAnza-Borrego Desert State Park
Under $25Explore California's largest state park for desert wildflowers, palm groves, badlands views and a chance to spot bighorn sheep.
Sightseeing
IconicBadwater Basin
$25–$50Walk a boardwalk onto the salt flats at the lowest point in North America, 282 feet below sea level.
Sport & Outdoor
IconicDeath Valley National Park
$25–$50Drive a below-sea-level desert basin of salt flats, sand dunes, badlands and snow-capped peaks.
Sport & Outdoor
Outdoor AdventureLassen Volcanic National Park
$25–$50Drive the 30-mile park highway past steaming fumaroles and Lassen Peak, then hike to Bumpass Hell, the park's largest hydrothermal area.
Sightseeing
Quirky FunSalvation Mountain
FreeWalk around a three-story painted hillside in the desert, covered in murals, Bible verses and the words God Is Love.
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San Francisco Bay Area
Fog-kissed hills, cable cars, and the West's greatest bay
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Los Angeles
Studios, beaches, and a hundred neighborhoods playing themselves
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San Diego
Perfect weather, a world-famous zoo, and 70 miles of coast
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The Redwood Coast
The tallest trees on earth and a coastline to match
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Central Coast
Coastal towns and wine country between LA and the Bay Area
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Desert cities of the Coachella Valley
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Lake Tahoe
Alpine lake towns on the California-Nevada line
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Mammoth Lakes and Visalia
Sierra Nevada towns on both sides of the range
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Monterey Peninsula
Whale watching boats and dive shops along Monterey's historic wharf
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Shasta Cascade
Limestone caverns and small-town shops in Northern California's Shasta Cascade
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Southern San Joaquin Valley
Farmland, fossils and factory outlets in the southern San Joaquin Valley
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About More of California
This entry spans destinations across California outside its major cities, from the Mendocino coast to the Mojave Desert and the Sierra Nevada foothills. In Fort Bragg, the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens overlook the Pacific and the Skunk Train runs excursions inland toward Willits through redwood country. Tuolumne County, centered on the Gold Rush town of Sonora, sits in the Sierra foothills near Yosemite National Park, while Calico Ghost Town in Yermo preserves a former 1880s silver-mining camp now run as a county park. The Central Coast Tourism Council promotes the coastline of Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties.