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San Francisco City Hall

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Tourists are guided through the great Crystal Cave in Sequoia National Park, California.

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IRIVNE, CA - NOVEMBER 11, 2017: Discovery Cube Orange County. A science museum in Santa Ana, California, with more than 100 hands-on exhibits.; Shutterstock ID 1941842008;

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Aerial view of Echo Park with downtown Los Angeles skyline.

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Pinocchio Village Haus Restaurant, Fantasyland, Magic Kingdom, Disney World, Orlando, Florida, USA

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SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 17, 2018: The Fleet Science Center, a science museum and planetarium, along with the historic Bea Evenson fountain, both located in Balboa Park, an urban city park.; Shutterstock ID 1027097284; your: Bridget Brown;...

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Fleet Science Center

Chain, Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, America

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

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

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Huntington City Beach

A view downtown San Francisco from Ina Coolbrith Park, Russian Hill District, San Francisco, California.

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Ina Coolbrith Park

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

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

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

Moortens Botanical Garden and Cactarium, a private arboretum created in 1938.

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Moorten Botanical Gardens

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

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

Mr. Palomar Observatory at dusk
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Mt Palomar, astrophysics, cosmology

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Palomar Observatory

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

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

San Diego, USA- June 11, 2014: The San Diego Museum of Art is a fine arts museum located in Balboa Park in San Diego. The museum building was designed in a plateresque style to harmonize with existing structures from the Panama–California Expositi...

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San Diego Museum of Art

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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Escondido, CA / USA - 05/05/2019: Giraffes Next to a Safari Truck at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park; Shutterstock ID 1391111201; your: Bridget Brown; gl: 65050; netsuite: Online Editorial; full: POI Image Update

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San Diego Zoo Safari Park

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

Harbor and Stearns Wharf, Santa Barbara, California, USA

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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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Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve, Pacific Ocean, CA,(P)

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Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve

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

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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

Los Angeles, AUG 31: The Original Farmers Market on AUG 31, 2017 at Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., License Type: media, Download Time: 2025-08-04T20:29:27.000Z, User: meg3348277, Editorial: true, purchase_order: 56530 - Guidebooks, job: Global Publishing-WIP, client: Lonely Planet 'California 11, other: Megan Cassidy

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Original 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

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Bikes & Hikes LA

Redwood Trees Henry Cowell Sate Park.

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Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park

San Diego, CA - July 11, 2024: The New Children's Museum in downtown., 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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New Children’s Museum

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

Los Angeles, CA - November 17, 2023: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, home to USC football, Olympics and other events., License Type: media, Download Time: 2025-08-12T20:18:03.000Z, User: Norma.PrauseBrewer_LonelyPlanet, Editorial: true, purchase_order: 56530 - Guidebooks, job: Global Publishing WIP, client: Los Angeles Map 2025, other: Norma Brewer

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Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

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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The Spanish Village Art Center in Balboa Park

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Spanish Village Art Center

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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January 15, 2017 - Los Angeles, USA: Exterior view of Walt Disney Concert Hall and streets of downtown Los Angeles, building designed by Frank Gehry License Type: media Download Time: 2021-09-16T11:25:29.000Z User: AMccarthy_lonelyplanet Is Editorial: Yes purchase_order:

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Walt Disney Concert Hall

Artist's Palette in Death Valley National Park, California.

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Artists Palette

Balboa Island Fun Zone, Newport Beach

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Balboa Fun Zone

A foggy day unfolds at Bodega Head, California.

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Los Angeles, USA - 14 July, 2014: The iconic art deco interior of the Bradbury Building in Downtown Los Angeles License Type: media Download Time: 2023-05-20T07:55:07.000Z User: claramonitto Is Editorial: Yes purchase_order:

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Bradbury Building

San Digeo, MAY 28 2015 - Sunny view of the swimming pool of Historical Hotel del Coronado, License Type: media, Download Time: 2025-02-07T15:13:24.000Z, User: Ppeterson948, Editorial: true, purchase_order: 56530 - Guidebooks, job: Global Publishing WIP, client: Global Publishing WIP, other: Pia Peterson Haggarty

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Gaslamp Museum at the Davis-Horton House

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

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Harmony Headlands State Park

Huntington Beach, CA / USA - October 16, 2019: Exterior of the International surfing museum in Huntington Beach, California, USA , License Type: media, Download Time: 2026-08-13T14:07:51.000Z, 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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International Surfing Museum

LOS ANGELES, CA/USA - SEPTEMBER 30, 2014: The Japanese American National Museum in the Little Tokyo district of downtown Los Angeles., 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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Japanese American National Museum

San Diego, California, USA - October 3, 2021: Tower of Junipero Serra Museum white building against blue sky on its hill and green foliage up front

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Junípero Serra Museum

Los Angeles, California - December 3, 2024: Wide-angle view of a contemporary fountain structure located at The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, showcasing its architectural design., License Type: media, Download Time: 2026-04-17T15:56:39.000Z, User: joebindloss38, Editorial: true, purchase_order: 65050 - Digital Destinations and Articles, job: Online editorial, client: The 9 best museums in Los Angeles, other: Joe Bindloss

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Aerial view over Morro Bay in California.

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Morro Bay State Park

A crumbling remnant in the ghost town of Rhyolite near Death Valley.

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