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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

A trail bridge atop a fallen tree, among the redwood giants in the Montgomery Woods State Natural Reserve.

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Montgomery Woods State Natural Reserve

Museum of the African Diaspora

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Museum of the African Diaspora

Lone Pine, CA / USA - October 19th, 2019: The storefront of the Museum of Western Film History in Lone Pine, near Alabama Hills, CA; Shutterstock ID 1538832260; your: Bridget Brown; gl: 65050; netsuite: Online Editorial; full: POI Image Update

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Museum of Western Film History

Waves at Partington Cove.

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Partington Cove

USA, California, Pacific Coast, National Scenic Byway, Big Sur, Point Sur State Historic Park, View to Point Sur Lighthouse

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Point Sur State Historic Park

Looking out over the ruins of Sutro Baths, on the Californian Coast near San Francisco, License Type: media, Download Time: 2025-08-06T19:46:19.000Z, User: dermothegarty77, Editorial: false, purchase_order: 56530 - Guidebooks, job: Global Publishing WIP, client: Coastal California 7, other: Dermot Hegarty

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Itchy goat scratching itself

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Tilden Regional Park

Tien Hou (Tin How) Temple in Chinatown atop 125 Waverly Place.

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

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Winchester Mystery House

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**RIGHTS MANAGED** Uploaded for use on the LP App Healdsburg Farmers Market in Napa Sonoma County

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Saturday Farmers Market

A lone backpacker with a blue stocking cap sits on a slab of granite rock and watches the early sun beams of the morning light hit Banner Peak behind Thousand Island Lake in the Ansel Adams Wilderness.

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Ansel Adams Wilderness Area

Redwood Trees Henry Cowell Sate Park.

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Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park

Santa Cruz Wharf extends into the Pacific Ocean, surrounded by parked cars and shops. The sandy beach and lush greenery complete the coastal scene., License Type: media, Download Time: 2026-08-09T22:56:48.000Z, 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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Santa Cruz Wharf

SAN FRANCISCO, UNITED STATES - APRIL 3: Castro Theater in Castro street, San Francisco, California, United States on April 3, 2013. The Castro Theater is a popular San Francisco movie palace. License Type: media Download Time: 2023-05-20T06:36:25.000Z User: claramonitto Is Editorial: Yes purchase_order:

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Sacramento California, USA - May 23, 2020: Downtown aerial view of the Golden 1 Center, home of the Sacramento Kings basketball team.

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Golden 1 Center

This photograph was taken on the beautiful grounds of Gundlach Bundschu Winery in Sonoma, CA , 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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Gundlach-Bundschu Winery

NAPA VALLEY, CALIFORNIA - AUGUST 17, 2019: Robert Mondavi Winery, Kalon Vineyard entrance, with statue of St. Francis of Assisi by sculptor Beniamino Bufano in the foreground. License Type: media Download Time: 2021-01-27T13:39:52.000Z User: Is Editorial: Yes purchase_order:

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ST. HELENA, CA - SEPTEMBER 25: Rows of oak wine barrels sit on racks at Tres Sabores Winery September 25, 2009 in St. Helena, California. Tres Sabores, a certified organic winery, has strated to harvest their grapes for the 2009 vintage as winerie...

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A foggy day unfolds at Bodega Head, California.

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Coastal hiking trail at Harmony Headlands State Park on the Central Coast of California.

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Harmony Headlands State Park

Aerial view over Morro Bay in California.

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Morro Bay State Park

Santa Cruz, California, USA. April ‎14, ‎2024. The Santa Cruz Surfing Museum and Light House on California's West Coast., License Type: media, Download Time: 2026-08-09T23:30:42.000Z, 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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Santa Cruz Surfing Museum

Oakville, CA/USA - Jan. 31, 2016: Oakville Grocery. Founded in 1881, Oakville Grocery is the oldest continually operating grocery store in the state of California. License Type: media Download Time: 2023-05-20T06:55:03.000Z User: claramonitto Is Editorial: Yes purchase_order:

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Oakville Grocery

Golden Gate Bridge from Baker Beach

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September 22, 2018 Sacramento / CA / USA - Historic locomotive displayed at the California State Railroad Museum; Shutterstock ID 1188452086; your: Bridget Brown; gl: 65050; netsuite: Online Editorial; full: POI Image Update

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California State Railroad Museum

Custom House Tower.

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Chinatown Dragon Gate

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Haight-Ashbury Colorful Houses (part of a series), San Francisco, California

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Haight & Ashbury

Macondray Lane in Russian Hill is bedecked with flowers, San Francisco.

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The historic gateway to Mission San Miguel Arcangel a national historic landmark in California.

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Mission San Miguel Arcángel

San Francisco, USA; September 30 2019: Musée Mécanique. Antique, coin-operated. Old time adult movies machine, License Type: media, Download Time: 2025-08-28T14:33:48.000Z, User: catalinaaragon, Editorial: true, purchase_order: 56530 - Guidebooks, job: Global Publishing WIP, client: Western USA 7, other: CA

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Musée Mécanique

USA, California, Santa Cruz County, Big Sur, Pacific Ocean, Natural Bridges State Beach, Natural Bridge in the evening light

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Natural Bridges State Beach

The studio of junk artist Patrick Amiot, on Florence Avenue in Sebastopol, California.

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Patrick Amiot Junk Art

Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum devoted to the study of mysticism and metaphysics and all things Egyptian - San Jose, California

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Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum

San Juan Bautista State Historic Park.

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San Juan Bautista State Historic Park

Tahoma, CA, USA - March 4, 2014: Vikingsholm is a preserved historic building at Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe. It is an excellent example of Scandinavian architecture in the western hemisphere.

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Vikingsholm Castle

Yosemite Falls is one of Yosemite National Park's most iconic features.

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man entering amoeba music store on haight street, san francisco, california, usa, november 2022, License Type: media, Download Time: 2025-08-07T19:49:06.000Z, User: catalinaaragon, Editorial: true, purchase_order: 56530 - Guidebooks, job: Global Publishing WIP, client: San Francisco 14, other: CA

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Founded in 1962, the Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory has been dedicated to producing handmade, high quality and customizable fortune cookies. Located in Ross Alley in the heart of San Francisco's Chinatown, visitors from all over the world are invited inside our shop to experience the cookie making process in person.,,Up to 10,000 fortune cookies are made a day, depending on the season! Cookies are baked fresh on a copper slow-release heat rotating griddle wheel. They are then gently twisted into the famous fortune cookie shape as the message is carefully placed inside. In addition to the traditional vanilla flavored cookies, they make chocolate, strawberry, green tea and glazed cookies.

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Golden Gate Fortune Cookies

Families and dog walkers enjoy the sandy shores of Carmel Beach, along the Monterey Bay of the central California coast.

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Kelley House Museum

Sunset State Beach near Santa Cruz, California, License Type: media, Download Time: 2026-08-09T23:34:51.000Z, 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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Sunset State Beach

Red wine tasting at Tablas Creek Vineyard.

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Tablas Creek Vineyard

Donner Lake Playground

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Woman by waterfall Nevada Fall in Yosemite National Park, California

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Exterior of the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art.

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San Luis Obispo Museum of Art

Eureka, CA, USA - June 13, 2021: Tourist walk across a bridge on the new Redwood Sky Walk in the Sequoia Park Zoo.; Shutterstock ID 1994855477;

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Sequoia Park Zoo

The Historic John Steinbeck House in Salinas, California.

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Steinbeck House

USA, California, San Jose, Silicon Valley, Tech Museum of Innovation - stock photo

Tech Interactive museum

Exterior, 2006

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Tech Interactive

Donner Lake with reflection of Donner Peak near Lake Tahoe, California.

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Donner Memorial State Park

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Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve

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Forest of Nisene Marks State Park

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Henry Miller Memorial Library

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American River Parkway

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Buckeye Hot Spring

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Cartoon Art Museum

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Converse Basin Grove

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di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art

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