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Sunny Jim Cave Store
Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.
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1895 Looff Carousel
One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.
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Stunning Wildflower Superbloom Photos That Will Have You Racing to the Hills
Orange, yellow, and purple petals blanket the southwestern United States.
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How the California Condor Comeback Was Hatched
Once on the brink of extinction, the massive birds now number in the hundreds.
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Sunny Jim Cave Store
Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.
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Spruce Street Suspension Bridge
An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.
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San Diego Museum of Us
An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.
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Whaley House
San Diego's most historic and haunted home.
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Harper's Topiary Garden
A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.
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1895 Looff Carousel
One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.
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Hotel del Coronado
L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.
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Fallen Star
This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.
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The Wild Tale of the Cerutti Mastodon, a Fossil That Could Rewrite the Human Story
The Cerutti Mastodon, found near San Diego, shows signs of being butchered 130,000 years ago—but by who? Or what?
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