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Los Angeles, California - February 07, 2022: Outer Peristyle at the Getty Villa Museum., License Type: media, Download Time: 2026-08-05T16:04:17.000Z, User: LP_NZhan, Editorial: true, purchase_order: 65050 - Digital Destinations and Articles, job: App Content, client: Lonely Planet, other: Nadine Zhan

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A mother and daughter hike through the Giant Forest in Sequoia National Park.

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San Francisco, CA, USA - October 1, 2025: Interior of the GLBT Historical Society Museum in the Castro District, San Francisco, California, License Type: media, Download Time: 2026-03-23T18:28:22.000Z, User: LP_YKhanna, Editorial: true, purchase_order: 65050 - Digital Destinations and Articles, job: LP, client: App Content, other: Yuvraj Khanna

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GLBT Historical Society Museum

A camping tent at Gold Bluffs in Redwoods National Park.

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Gold Bluffs Beach

Hollywood Forever cemetery.

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Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Los Angeles, California – November 4, 2025: The Hollywood Museum, the official museum of Hollywood, License Type: media, Download Time: 2026-08-04T18:10:10.000Z, User: LP_NZhan, Editorial: true, purchase_order: 65050 - Digital Destinations and Articles, job: App Content, client: Lonely Planet App, other: Nadine Zhan

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Hollywood Museum

Richard Pryor on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Hollywood Walk of Fame

Huntington Beach, California - October 11, 2018: View up Huntington Beach with ocean, sand, bathers and lifeguard stands License Type: media Download Time: 2021-01-27T13:39:52.000Z User: Is Editorial: Yes purchase_order:

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Huntington Beach (also known as Surf City USA) in Orange County, Southern California

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Huntington City Beach

A hiker looks up through the sunlight at a giant Redwood Tree in Stout Grove, Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park.

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Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 19, 2017: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 19, 2017: Statue of saber tooth tigers on entrance sign at the La Brea Tar Pits, Ice Age excavation site/museum., License Type: media, Download Time: 2026-08-05T15:15:58.000Z, User: LP_NZhan, Editorial: true, purchase_order: 65050 - Digital Destinations and Articles, job: App Content, client: Lonely Planet App, other: Nadine Zhan

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La Brea Tar Pits & Museum

Lake Sonoma, Dry Creek Arm, License Type: media, Download Time: 2026-08-11T19:40:25.000Z, User: LP_NZhan, Editorial: false, purchase_order: 65050 - Digital Destinations and Articles, job: App Content , client: Lonely Planet App, other: Nadine Zhan

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Lake Sonoma Recreation Area

City Hall and Sister Cities sign in downtown.
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Los Angeles City Hall

Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park is a state park unit preserving the largest hydraulic mining site in California, United States.

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Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park

Manhattan Beach

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Manhattan Beach

The Mendocino Coast Botanical Garden in Northern California.

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Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens

Woman hiking through forest, rear view, Mineral King, Sequoia National Park, California, USA

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Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcala. - stock photo

California's first mission. Aloe plants blooming in foreground.

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Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcalá

Two women chatting whilst stand up paddleboarding in Mission Bay.

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Mission Bay Park

Father Junipero Serra Founded The Carmel Mission With The Help Of The Local Indian Population, Carmel, California. (Photo By: Education Images/UIG via Getty Images)

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Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo

Mission San Juan Bautista is a Spanish mission in San Juan Bautista, California.

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Mission San Juan Bautista

Kelso Dunes at sunset, Mojave Desert, California.

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Mojave National Preserve

Kayaker and stand up paddleboarder head out on the calm waters of Morro Rock Harbor in Central California.

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A female hiker scrambles up the mountaineer’s route of Mount Whitney, California on October 3, 2009. Mount Whitney is the highest mountain in the continental United States and stands 14,494 feet tall. Mt Whitney

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Museum of the African Diaspora

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Museum of the African Diaspora

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA - 25 AUG 2021: The Museum of Us is a cultural anthropology museum that explores the human experience from multicultural perspectives, License Type: media, Download Time: 2026-03-20T16:33:28.000Z, User: LP_YKhanna, Editorial: true, purchase_order: 65050 - Digital Destinations and Articles, job: LP, client: App Content, other: Yuvraj Khanna

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The Mystery Spot, Santa Cruz, California USA

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Portrait of John Steinbeck inside the lobby of the National Steinbeck Center in downtown Salinas. The spinach scare is only the latest bad news for Salinas. The biggest city in Monterey County was so broke it nearly shut its libraries two years ag...

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National Steinbeck Center

LOS ANGELES - NOVEMBER 1: Cute boy standing in front of window with goat models in Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. November 1, 2015 in Los Angeles, CA, License Type: media, Download Time: 2025-03-24T18:43:48.000Z, User: katelyn.perry_lonelyplanet, Editorial: true, purchase_order: 65050 - Digital Destinations and Articles, job: wip, client: wip, other: Katelyn Perry

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Natural History Museum

A view of of the Ocean Institute sign on the side of a whale watching boat.

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Ocean Institute

Oceanside Pier at Sunset
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San Diego, California, United States - 05-31-2019: A view of a sign and entrance to Old Town San Diego State Historic Park. License Type: media Download Time: 2023-05-20T07:55:07.000Z User: claramonitto Is Editorial: Yes purchase_order:

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Old Town San Diego State Historic Park

Mr. Palomar Observatory at dusk
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Palomar Observatory

Waves at Partington Cove.

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Partington Cove

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Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park

Wooden buildings on Mane Street of the former Wild West movie set turned theme park, Pioneertown.

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Monarch butterflies cluster in the limbs of majestic Eucalyptus trees, Pismo Beach Grove, California.

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Pismo Beach Monarch Butterfly Grove

Point Arena Lighthouse in California is the tallest on the US West Coast.

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Point Arena Lighthouse

Point Cabrillo Light Station State Historic Park, Mendocino County, California.

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Point Cabrillo Light Station State Historic Park

Harbor seals rest on the beach in a cove along the trail at Point Lobos State Park, California.

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Point Lobos State Natural Reserve

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Point Sur State Historic Park

Fern Canyon in Redwoods National Park, California.

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Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park

View of Table Rock in Robert Louis Stevenson State Park in California, License Type: media, Download Time: 2025-08-06T19:56:51.000Z, User: dermothegarty77, Editorial: false, purchase_order: 56530 - Guidebooks, job: Global Publishing WIP, client: Coastal California 7, other: Dermot Hegarty

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Robert Louis Stevenson State Park

Tourists on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills., Los Angeles.

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Outside the San Diego Air and Space Museum in Balboa Park with a Lockheed A12 Oxcart and Convair YF2Y-1 on either side of the entrance

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San Diego Air & Space Museum

Encinitas Ca 7-21-2024 Views of the different flowers, plants and walking paths at the San Diego Botanical Garden, License Type: media, Download Time: 2026-08-09T14:00:18.000Z, User: LP_NZhan, Editorial: true, purchase_order: 65050 - Digital Destinations and Articles, job: App Content, client: Lonely P lanet App, other: Nadine Zhan

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San Diego Botanic Garden

San Diego, California: Horizontal view of a mother and her two children going to the Natural History Museum entrance, Balboa Park

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San Diego Natural History Museum

Pink flamingos in San Diego zoo, License Type: media, Download Time: 2025-08-28T14:33:48.000Z, User: catalinaaragon, Editorial: false, purchase_order: 56530 - Guidebooks, job: Global Publishing WIP, client: Western USA 7, other: CA

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The Santa Barbara Waterfront Center building and maritime museum - stock photo
Santa Barbara, CA, USA - June 22, 2015: The Santa Barbara Waterfront Center building and maritime museum

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Santa Barbara Maritime Museum

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Santa Cruz Island

A hiker relaxes atop Sentinel Dome in Yosemite National Park.

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Itchy goat scratching itself

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Tilden Regional Park

Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox statues at the Trees of Mystery in Klamath, CA.

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Trees of Mystery

Upper back bay ecological reserve Newport Beach California on a sunny day, License Type: media, Download Time: 2026-08-13T14:01:33.000Z, User: LP_NZhan, Editorial: false, purchase_order: 65050 - Digital Destinations and Articles, job: App Content, client: Lonely Planet App, other: Nadine Zhan

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Upper Newport Bay Ecological Preserve

Little River at Van Damme State Park near Mendocino, California.

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Van Damme State Park

Watts Towers

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Tree lined Inspiration Point hiking trail in Will Rogers State Historic Park in the morning shadows

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Will Rogers State Historic Park

April 2, 2016: Exterior of the Winchester Mystery House with statues and a fountain.

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Winchester Mystery House

Sunny view of the Yosemite Museum at Yosemite National Park, California

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Yosemite Museum

San Francisco City Hall

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