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Sunnylands Center & Gardens
Palm Springs Aerial Tramway
Hearst Castle, California
Universal Studios Hollywood
Disneyland, California
The Gamble House
Environmental Nature Center
San Elijo Lagoon Ecological Reserve
La Brea Tar Pits
Balboa Park
Pacific Marine Mammal Center
Griffith Observatory
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
SeaWorld San Diego
Legoland California Resort
USS Midway Museum
Knott's Berry Farm
Manzanar National Historic Site
San Diego Zoo
The Getty Villa
California Science Center
Living Desert Zoo & Gardens, California
Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood
Norton Simon Museum
Southern California includes the southernmost ten counties, including famous places like Los Angeles, Hollywood, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Ventura. Southern California is famous for its beaches, beautiful parks, wineries, and year-round pleasant climate which makes it a great place to visit. If you are planning a vacation with many different things to do, family fun, hiking, as well as diverse history and art to discover and appreciate, then Southern California is the place to visit.
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