Top 10 California Attractions

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Looking for honest reviews of vacation destinations and attractions? The America Beautiful Network publishes Top 10 Attractions lists based on traveler popularity. With no editorial biases of editors or travel writers who have been given freebies, paid for the article, or provided "FAM Trips" (paid vacations to "familiarize publishers" with the host attraction). Here is a Top 10 California Attractions list as determined by real travelers.

Top 10 California Attractions

  • Castle Park - Riverside, California Castle Park - Riverside, California It's time to take the kids to the amusement park for a day that will be enjoyable for all of you. The park was built in 1976 and has continued to expand ever since. The Arcade offers nearly 200 state-of-the-art video games.
  • Airship Venture Zeppelin - San Francisco Area, California Airship Venture Zeppelin - San Francisco Area, California This is the largest airship flying the skies over the planet and currently there are just three of them, one being right here in San Francisco! The others are in Germany and Tokyo.
  • Pfeiffer Beach - Big Sur, California Relax on Pfeiffer Beach's Purple Sand. Located deep in the heart of Big Sur, California is a beautiful beach that looks as though it has barely been touched. Pfeiffer Beach is a very popular beach among the local people, but many tourists don't know about the beach.
  • Scandia Amusement Park - Ontario, California Scandia Amusement Park - Ontario, California Come to the castle and have a blast on your California vacation! Here you have 25 different rides to enjoy including the following: Stockholm Raceway; Olga's Tilt-A-Whirl; Thor's Hammer; Nordic Spaceship; Lapland Landslide; Norway Flyers; Denmark Railway; Hager's Truck Co.; Scandia Screamer Coaster.
  • Scotty's Castle - Death Valley, California Take a Living History Tour at Scotty's Castle in Death Valley If you'll be spending time in Death Valley on your next trip to California, you won't want to miss visiting Scotty's Castle, also known as Death Valley Ranch. This beautiful Spanish Villa is located in Grapevine Canyon.
  • Honey Run Covered Bridge - Chico, California Honey Run Covered Bridge - Chico, California This 1886 (completed in January of 1887) three span covered bridge is the only known three span covered bridge in the United States.
  • Garden Valley Ranch - Petaluma, California Garden Valley Ranch - Petaluma, California Most people love the look and smell of roses. When you tour the Garden Valley Ranch you will certainly be able to see enough roses to fill the desires of nearly everyone.
  • Children's Hands-On Museum - San Bernardino, California Children's Hands-On Museum - San Bernardino, California When the Easter Seals Society saw a need for a special place for children to learn and grow, they took action and opened a museum in 1989 designed especially for kids.
  • California's Great America Theme Park - Santa Clara, California Great Fun at California's Great America Theme Park. California is known to have some of the best theme parks in the world. While quite a few of them are located in Southern California, you can still find some great amusement parks to visit farther north.
  • Death Valley National Park - Death Valley, California Death Valley National Park - Death Valley, California The stories about Death Valley are about the heat, the dryness, and the low lands and all of them are true! It is a harsh environment not only for people but for the plants and animals that live there too.

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Greg Watson is a publisher and professor in the tourism and hospitality industry.

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