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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: Rangers' Club
Stephen Tyng Mather, the wealthy first director of the National Park Service personally donated this building to house the newly hired rangers covering Yosemite National Park. Its rustic architecture inspired all National Park...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: Donner Camp
Museum and monument to Donner party; trapped by weather during the winter of 1846-1847; resorted to cannibalism to survive.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: Petaluma Adobe
The largest example of Monterey Colonial architecture in the United States, this adobe structure was the ranch house of General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, commandant of the Sonoma Pueblo. It is now the centerpiece of Petaluma Adobe State...
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ca: Luther Burbank House and Garden
City park containing the former home, greenhouse, gardens, and grave of noted American horticulturist Luther Burbank.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: Star of India
A seaworthy iron hulled museum ship in the San Diego Maritime Museum, she is the oldest ship that still sails regularly and the oldest iron hulled merchant ship still floating.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in California: Potomac (Presidential Yacht)
Formerly the USCGC Electra, this ship was Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s presidential yacht from 1936 until his death in 1945 and only one of three still existing presidential yachts. On August 3, 1941, she played a decoy role while...
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ca: Elmshaven (Ellen Gould White House)
Ellen Gould White lived and worked here from 1900 until her death in 1915. She was notable for her prophetic ministry which led to the rise of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: Gunther Island Site 67
An archaeological site surrounding a Wiyot shell midden, located in Tolowot, on Indian Island in Humboldt Bay near Eureka, California. This site helped define the Gunther Pattern in archaeology and was also the site of the 1860 Wiyot...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Ca: Mission San Miguel Arcangel
The 16th California Mission church remains well preserved and still in use today though under earthquake remediation construction. Inside are murals by Esteban Munras.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: Berkeley (Ferry)
First propeller-driven ferry on the west coast; currently the main "building" of the Maritime Museum of San Diego.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: William C. Ralston Home
Home of William Chapman Ralston, a San Francisco businessman, founder of the Bank of California, and financier of the Comstock Lode. Now part of Notre Dame de Namur University.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ca: Santa Barbara County Courthouse
Known for the beauty of its Spanish-Colonial Revival architecture, which inspired and influenced many other designers.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in California: Mission Beach Roller Coaster
one of only 2 remaining wooden coasters on the West coast, it was built in 1925 by noted coaster builders Prior and Church. It was saved from destruction in 1987, restored, and is still operating today.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: Bradbury Building
1893 Italian Renaissance architectural landmark. Known for its striking interiors and cage elevators. It has been used extensively as a location in films such as Blade Runner.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in California: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
The only stadium in the world which has hosted the Summer Olympic Games (1932 /1984), the World Series (1959) and the Super Bowl (1967 /1973). It is currently the home of the USC Trojans football team.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: The Ahwahnee
National Park Service-built and operated hotel in Yosemite National Park; designed by Gilbert Stanley Underwood; exemplifies National Park Service Rustic architecture.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: Warner's Ranch
The only trading post between New Mexico and Los Angeles, this ranch developed into a stop on the Butterfield Overland Mail stagecoach line along with nearby Oak Grove. Now a hot springs resort.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: Baldwin Hills Village
Now known as Village Green, this 627 unit condo complex was one of the first new planned communities when it was built between 1935 and 1942.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in California: Manzanar War Relocation Center
The most widely known American forced relocation camp where 11,070 Japanese Americans were imprisoned during World War II.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: Edwin Hubble House
Home of astronomer Edwin Hubble from 1925 until his death in 1953.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: Old Mission Dam
The first major irrigation project on the Pacific coast, this dam supplied water for milling and irrigation at the Mission San Diego de Alcala, 5 miles away. Now part of Mission Trails Regional Park.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: Alcatraz Island
Former maximum security Federal prison; Frank Morris escaped, but few others did; part of Golden Gate National Recreation Area; visited by tourist ferries.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: San Francisco Cable Cars
An iconic image of San Francisco, this is the only remaining permanently operational manually operated cable car system in the world.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: Old Scripps Building
The first building of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, which is the oldest oceanographic institute in the United States. It formed the starting point of what has become the University of California, San Diego.