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I'm Just California Dreaming, so I made this list
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items California is dangerous because one minute I’m looking at a beach in Malibu and the next I’ve planned a three week road trip in my head. 😂🌴🌊 This list is everything feeding my California delusion: national parks, gorgeous lakes, coastal towns, dre...
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It is a beautiful lake famous for its stunning alpine scenery and perfect views while fishing for rainbow trout.
Convict Lake
The Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve feels like walking straight into a painting. When the poppies are in bloom, the hills turn into waves of bright orange that stretch as far as the eye can see, glowing under the California sun. The air is warm, the br...
Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve State Natural Reserve
National Parks/Mountains
If the Sequoia National Park isn't apart of the travel bucket list, it needs to be. Breath taking views of magical trees, just waiting to dance with you in the wind.
Sequoia National Park
Famed for its giant ancient sequioa trees and its beautiful granite rocks, Yosmite is home to many. You can spend a week here and you still would have to come back.
Yosemite National Park
Park features a natural bridge with about 65 acres to explore with family.
Natural Bridges State Beach
A vast protected area in southern california. Known for its desert landscape and extremely rugged terrain and of course their beautiful Joshua Trees.
Joshua Tree National Park
Unfortunately, you cannot travel to this beach, but you can see its magic from the viewing trail above. McWay Falls is also unique because it is one of two waterfalls that fall directly into the ocean!
McWay Falls
The waterfall is the reward, but the walk there might be my favorite part. 🌿💦 Sturtevant Falls Trail winds through Big Santa Anita Canyon past a shaded creek, little stream crossings, and historic cabins before reaching the falls. It’s only a short...
Sturtevant Falls Hiking Trailhead
Just outside San Francisco is the kind of mountain that makes you forget there’s an entire city right behind you. 😭🌲🌊 Mount Tamalpais, or Mt. Tam, is packed with hiking trails, redwood forests, sweeping views of the Bay Area, and overlooks where y...
Mt Tamalpais
Places to Visit
Named after a famous mexican painter Frida Kahlo, this remains to be a non-profit arthouse theatre. Not many big names on the screen but certianly a greta place to showcase your talent.
The Frida Cinema
This pier stretches about 1,850 feet into the ocean! Which makes it one of the largest piers on the West Coast. Coming here is definitely worth it, because it is also a hot spot for marine life. People who visit the pier often say they see dolphins. ...
Huntington Beach Pier
If you want sunshine, music, ocean air, and nonstop people-watching, Venice Skate Park is the place. Right on the beach, this spot is full of skaters, street performers, artists, and that classic SoCal vibe that feels alive from morning till sunset. ...
Venice Skatepark
If you’re into the strange, the dark, and the side of history most places don’t show, the Museum of Death is unforgettable. This spot dives into true crime, forensic science, serial killer history, and the cultural obsession with mortality and it doe...
Museum of Death Hollywood
Echo Summit is the kind of drive that has you pulling over every few minutes just to take another picture. Perched high in the Sierra Nevada, it offers sweeping mountain views, fresh alpine air, and easy access to some of Northern California's most b...
Echo Summit - Sierra Mountain Passes
Steinhart Aquarium brings the ocean to the middle of San Francisco with immersive exhibits that make you feel like you're exploring underwater worlds. From colorful coral reefs and playful penguins to a four-story rainforest and mesmerizing jellyfish...
Steinhart Aquarium
Hotel
This hotel offers its guest an unique design element.
Santa Monica Proper Hotel
Malibu mornings would hit VERY differently from here. 😭🌊 The Surfrider is a dreamy little boutique hotel sitting right across from Surfrider Beach, with breezy coastal rooms and a rooftop made for breakfast, cocktails, and watching the sun disappea...
The Surfrider Hotel
Places to Eat
A must-visit Malibu restaurant known for its oceanfront views, fresh Japanese-inspired cuisine, and celebrity-spotting atmosphere. Come for the sushi, stay for the sunset.. it’s one of the best dining experiences on the coast.
Nobu Malibu
Beaches
If you’re ever near San Diego, I’d definitely tell friends to stop by Torrey Pines State Beach. The cliffs overlooking the ocean are absolutely stunning, and the whole area feels peaceful and untouched compared to a lot of other beaches in California...
Torrey Pines State Beach - California State Parks
The stairs down are your first clue that this isn’t your average Malibu beach. 🌊 El Matador is tucked beneath dramatic cliffs with sea caves, massive rock formations, and little pockets of sand that feel surprisingly secluded for Los Angeles. Go whe...
El Matador State Beach
Museums
California casually put an art museum, a massive library collection, and 130 acres of gardens in the same place and expected me to act normal about it. 😂🌸📚 The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino has gorgeous Chines...
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Shops to Visit
Plant shopping but make it somewhere I’d willingly spend half my paycheck. 😂🌵🪴 Flora Grubb Gardens in California is packed with palms, succulents, tropical plants, pottery, and ridiculously pretty garden displays that make you suddenly believe you...
Flora Grubb Gardens Plant Nursery