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This museum explores the history of the book, from scrolls to mass-produced objects through tools, stories, and massive cast-iron binding machinery (some of it operational).

The tallest bridge in California was constructed for a project that was eventually cancelled.

Over a century old, this restored Victorian building is surrounded by a lush garden filled with rare palms.

A train tunnel that was made obsolete by the dam it helped create.

This bakery sits on the site of the Black Panther Party's first headquarters.

An ever-updating collection of retro Americana.

Traversing these canyons, visitors can take in stunning views and glimpses of the region's history.

Built as a schoolhouse in 1914, this Mission-style building has also served as a dancehall, a library, an Army canteen, and now a cultural museum.

A vaudeville performer mounted this hollowed-out redwood log onto the chassis of a truck, and toured the country spreading a message of conservation.

A fire lookout atop a glacial pinnacle is reached by climbing three vertiginous flights of stairs.

Anza led the first Spanish settlers from Mexico to Monterey, California in the 1770s.

A secluded hilltop monument marks the final resting place of Lucy, Presidio Park's beloved white deer.

This settlement on the original Transcontinental Railroad began by harvesting timber, but transitioned to a forgotten 19th-century industry: harvesting ice.

A wondrous place to watch a special flower bloom.

Murder, searching for gold, and being cut in half—the memorial statue of Daniel O. McCarthy and the Pioneers of '49

A monument to the legacy of the man who created Spongebob Squarepants at the school where his passion for art and marine biology began.

This small shack near the entrance to Sequoia National Park has been in almost continuous operation for the last century.

Peek inside Howard Hughes' garage at this Hollywood-themed art installation.

A shockingly detailed small scale recreation of the temples of Abu Simbel.

Take a leisurely ride on a 1906 cable car or a 1907 steam locomotive.

One of the oldest adobe structures in Northern California.

Exquisite irises bloom every spring in this hillside garden.

This massive statue of John Muir on the side of a California highway was carved from a redwood tree.

The only museum and archive west of the Mississippi that is dedicated to the study of Abraham Lincoln.