A former federal prison on a rocky island in San Francisco Bay, which held Al Capone and others until 1963. The excellent audio tour of the cell house includes voices of former guards and inmates.
Tickets sell out weeks ahead; book only through the official ferry operator. Night tours are also available.
The famous suspension bridge, painted 'International Orange', opened in 1937 across the entrance to San Francisco Bay.
One of the world's great drives, along the rugged California coast where the Santa Lucia Mountains drop into the Pacific.
A glacial valley in the Sierra Nevada with granite cliffs such as El Capitan and Half Dome, and waterfalls including Yosemite Falls, one of the talle…
Forests of coast redwoods, the tallest trees on earth, some over 110 m, along the foggy northern California coast, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The Santa Barbara Channel, between the city and the Channel Islands, is one of the best places in California to see whales.
The hottest, driest and lowest national park in the USA, with Badwater Basin salt flats 86 m below sea level, sand dunes at Mesquite Flat, colourful …
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