California

No lesson in California’s history is complete without observing the California State Legislature in action at the Capitol Building, panning for gold in the American River, riding on one of the famous San Francisco cable cars, or taking a stroll through old San Diego.


California

Picture yourself as a California settler as you flashback to life in the 1800s! In Sacramento and the Gold Country, camp out like the settlers did, compare your height to a monstrous locomotive wheel at the California State Railroad Museum, and take a trip into the past during a real one-room schoolhouse lesson. Drive over the Golden Gate Bridge, take a ride aboard a historic cable car, and laugh along with the sea lions at Pier 39 in San Francisco. Explore some of the 15 museums in beautiful Balboa Park – and maybe even visit the giant pandas and koalas at the San Diego Zoo! There are so many different things to learn and do – how will you fit it all in?

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California State Capitol        Old Sacramento Schoolhouse Museum        Sutter's Fort        View All California Sites

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