Forests of coast redwoods, the tallest trees on earth, some over 110 m, along the foggy northern California coast, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Walk the Lady Bird Johnson Grove, Fern Canyon and Stout Grove, and look for Roosevelt elk.
Further south, the Avenue of the Giants drives through Humboldt Redwoods.
The famous suspension bridge, painted 'International Orange', opened in 1937 across the entrance to San Francisco Bay.
A former federal prison on a rocky island in San Francisco Bay, which held Al Capone and others until 1963.
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…
One of the world's great drives, along the rugged California coast where the Santa Lucia Mountains drop into the Pacific.
One of the oldest continuously operating public markets in the USA, opened in 1907, above the waterfront, with fishmongers throwing salmon, flower st…
A long-running, family-owned Italian restaurant in downtown Kirkland on the shore of Lake Washington, run by a chef-owner from Sardinia.
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