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Salinas Valley Art Gallery
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Pessagno Winery
Ventana Wildlife Society
Fort Ord National Monument - Badger Hills Trailhead
Boronda Adobe History Center
Salinas River National Wildlife Refuge
Salinas Fairways Golf Course
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Salinas City Barbecue
Elli's Great American Restaurant
Friendly people, world-class wines, unspoiled farmland, historic sites, and a quaint and charming downtown district - you’ll find all this and more in the beautiful city of Salinas in Monterey County. The city is renowned for being the hometown of Nobel Prize recipient and author John Steinbeck. Visitors can visit his childhood home, The Steinbeck House, and the National Steinbeck Center museum which houses an array of artifacts relative to the author.
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