If You Like - California - page 62

LA County Museum of Art More than 150,000 works of art span the ages and cross all bor-
ders.
Griffith Observatory There's no better place to see stars in Hollywood than at this hilltop
planetarium.
de Young Museum A copper-skinned temple to art from around the globe in SF's Golden
Gate Park.
Exploratorium Even adults love the zany interactive science learning fun at this indoor/out-
door landmark on San Francisco Bay.
History
Native American tribes, Spanish colonial presidios (forts) and Catholic missions, Mexican
pueblos (towns) and mining ghost towns have all left traces here for you to find.
Mission San Juan Capistrano Painstakingly restored jewel along California's mission trail,
stretching from San Diego to Sonoma.
Gold Country Follow in the tracks of Western pioneers and hard-scrabble miners, or pan for
gold yourself.
Old Town San Diego Time travel on the site of California's first civilian Spanish colonial
pueblo.
Monterey State Historic Park Get a feel for California's Spanish, Mexican and early Americ-
an days inside adobe buildings.
Bodie State Historic Park Haunting mining ghost town in the Eastern Sierra, above Mono
Lake.
Manzanar National Historic Site WWII Japanese American internment camp interprets a
painful chapter of the USA's past.