Sacramento and the Gold Country
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1. Angels Camp Museum
Historic District/SiteLearn a little bit about Mark Twain's "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"—and Angels Camp's celebrated frog-jumping contests—at...Read More
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2. Calaveras Big Tree State Park
Park (National/State/Provincial)The park protects hundreds of the largest and rarest living things on the planet—magnificent giant sequoia redwood trees. Some are 3,000 years...Read More
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3. California State Railroad Museum
Old Sacramento | Museum/GallerySprawling over three floors and taking up the equivalent of 2½ acres of space, this museum celebrates the history of trains from their 19th...Read More
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4. Columbia State Historic Park
Park (National/State/Provincial)Columbia is both a functioning community and a historically preserved gold-rush town. Usually you can ride a stagecoach, pan for gold, and watch...Read More
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5. Empire Mine State Historic Park
Park (National/State/Provincial)Starting with the "secret map" that mine management hid from miners, you can relive the days of gold, grit, and glory, when this mine was one...Read More
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6. Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park
Park (National/State/Provincial)Most of Coloma lies within the historic park along the banks of the south fork of the American River. Though crowded with tourists in summer...Read More
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7. Moaning Cavern
CaveFor a different sort of underground jewel, wander into an ancient limestone cave, where stalactites and stalagmites, not gold and silver, await...Read More
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8. Railtown 1897 State Historic Park
Park (National/State/Provincial)A must for rail enthusiasts and families with kids, this is one of the most intact early roundhouses (maintenance facilities) in North America...Read More
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9. Apple Hill
Farm/RanchFrom July to late December, Apple Hill Growers Association members open their orchards and vineyards for apple and berry picking, picnicking...Read More
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10. Black Chasm Cavern National Natural Landmark
CaveGuided 50-minute tours take you past stalactites, stalagmites, and rare formations of delicate helictites in three underground chambers, one...Read More
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11. California Agriculture Museum
Museum/GalleryThis gigantic space provides a marvelous overview of the entire history of motorized agricultural vehicles through dozens and dozens of threshers...Read More
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12. California Cavern
CaveA ½-mile subterranean trail winds through large chambers and past underground streams and lakes. There aren't many steps to climb, but it's...Read More
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13. California Museum
Downtown | Museum/GalleryShowcasing longtime and temporary residents who helped elevate the Golden State, this museum displays artifacts from the State Constitution...Read More
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14. California State Mining and Mineral Museum
Museum/GalleryA California state park, the museum has displays on gold-rush history including a replica hard-rock mine shaft to walk through, a miniature...Read More
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15. Central Pacific Railroad Passenger Station
Old Sacramento | Transportation Site (Airport, Bus, Ferry, Train)At this reconstructed 1876 depot there's rolling stock to admire and a typical waiting room. Part of the year a train departs from the freight...Read More
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16. Gold Prospecting Adventures
Tour–SightYou'll get a real feel (sort of) for the life of a prospector on the three-hour gold-panning excursions (reservations recommended) led by this...Read More
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17. Gold Rush Museum
Museum/GalleryYou'll get a feel for life in the mines at this museum whose highlights include a re-created mine tunnel and an indoor gold-panning stream. ...Read More
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18. Hangtown's Gold Bug Park & Mine
MineTake a self-guided tour of this fully lighted mine shaft within a park owned by the City of Placerville. The worthwhile audio tour (included...Read More
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19. North Star Mining Museum
Museum/GalleryHoused in a former power house, the museum displays the 32-foot-high Pelton Water Wheel, said to be the largest ever built. It was used to power...Read More
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20. Old Sacramento Schoolhouse Museum
Old Sacramento | Museum/GalleryA kid-friendly attraction that shows what one-room schoolhouses were like in central California and the Sierra foothills in the late 1800s,...Read More
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