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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Santa Clarita

5 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Santa Clarita, California

Updated July 24, 2015
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Air Hollywood

Santa Clarita, California

Air Hollywood

No matter what it might seem like on film, most scenes filmed on a plane are filmed at this LA studio.
Gibbon Conservation Center, 10/4/2015

Santa Clarita, California

Gibbon Conservation Center

This Southern Californian Conservation Center is home to singing and howling apes.
The St. Francis Dam after the collapse

Santa Clarita, California

St. Francis Dam

The Los Angeles flood disaster that took 400 lives and ended the career of William Mulholland.
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Oak of the Golden Dream

Santa Clarita, California

Oak of the Golden Dream

According to legend it was a nap taken under this tree that kicked off the California Gold Rush.
Tom Mix leaping the gap.  Beale’s Cut

Santa Clarita, California

Beale's Cut

Gouged in the mountain to make stage coach access easier through the Fremont Pass.
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Abandoned oil drilling equipment.

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Mentryville Park

This park is home to California's first oil boomtown, with structures that have stood for more than a century.
3 miles from Santa Clarita
Tesoro Adobe

Valencia, California

Tesoro Adobe

The former home of silent film star Harry Carry.
5 miles from Santa Clarita
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