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Did you know you can ride an alpine roller coaster with Lake Tahoe views? 🎢 This gravity-powered coaster winds through forest and natural rock formations with jaw-dropping vistas of Lake Tahoe along the way! 🪨 📍Ridge Rider Mountain Coaster, Heavenly Ski Resort 🎥 @bay_explorer on IG #VisitCalifornia #LakeTahoe #Heavenly #MountainCoaster #California

Think you know Northern California? Discover these five hidden gems that you probably haven’t heard of yet. 💎 🧚 Faery Falls: A hidden waterfall reached via a 1.5-mile hike through a forest 🍙 Lake Shasta Caverns: Underground limestone caverns accessible only by boat 🌋 Sáttítla Highlands National Monument: California’s newest national monument, shaped by ancient volcanic eruptions 🥾 Hedge Creek Falls: An easy 0.5-mile trail that leads to a waterfall that you can walk behind 🚂 Bizz Johnson Trail:

What’s a place that feels like AI, but is completely real? 😮 We’ll go first… 🏞️ These spectacular "tufa towers" are calcium carbonate spires and knobs formed when freshwater springs meet alkaline lake water. 🥾 Find this natural wonder on Highway 395, 13 miles east of Yosemite National Park, near the town of Lee Vining. 🚙 📍Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve, Mono County #VisitCalifornia #MonoCounty #MonoLake #TufaTowers #California

The coolest way to watch Sunday football! 🏈Cosm features an 87-foot-diameter, 8K LED wraparound dome screen that delivers "shared reality" experiences, making you feel like you’re on the front row of the game! When you can’t be there in person, go to Cosm. 📺 📍@cosmlosangeles, @discoverLA 🎥 @Katy Will #VisitCalifornia #CosmLA #LosAngles #LA #Football

Did you know you can find a herd of bison roaming around Catalina Island? 🦬 There’s a pretty fascinating Hollywood story behind it, too. In 1924, 14 bison were brought to the island for the filming of a silent Western movie and when filming wrapped, the island’s owner, William Wrigley Jr. allowed them to stay. 🎥 Some years later, another dozen were brought in to help grow the population! 😮 Since then, the herd has grown, and today, around 150 bison roam the island. 🏝️ You can see them on a guide

Did you know that California is home to one of America’s seven known “singing” or “booming” dunes? 😮 At the Kelso Dunes in the Mojave Desert, the unusually smooth and exceptionally dry sand can produce a vibration that you can feel in your bones. It’s a super-low-frequency sound, like a deep rumble. 🏜️ Want to hear it yourself? 👂 Simply slide or run down the dunes! 🛝 🎥 @blue.ilaa on IG #VisitCalifornia #KelsoDunes #Mojave #MojaveDesert #California

Love leaf peeping? 🍂 Follow California’s most beautiful fall road-trip route, an 8-stop, 186-mile journey through the Eastern Sierra. 🚙 🍁 Mono Lake 🍁 Parker Lake 🍁 June Lake 🍁 Rainbow Falls 🍁 Devils Postpile 🍁 Lake George 🍁 Convict Lake 🍁 Mobius Arch Before hitting the road, always check road conditions for closures and delays. 📍Mono County and Inyo County Send this to someone who needs to experience Highway 395 with you this fall! 📷 Dane Deaner #VisitCalifornia #FallRoadTrip #LeafPeeping #

There’s a 14th-century-style Tuscan wine castle hiding in Napa Valley! 🏰 Check out the underground wine caves and a medieval dungeon. 🍷 See the drawbridge, moat, and a Grand Hall with hand-painted frescoes. 🖼️ The castle was built from 8,000 tons of hand-chiseled local stone and nearly a million bricks imported from Europe. 🧱 Taste the small-lot wines, available only at the winery, or the nonalcoholic grape juice. 🍇 📍Castello di Amorosa, @Visit Napa Valley 🎥 @tris.murphy #VisitCalifornia #Cast

Step back in time to a 19th century farm in the Bay Area! Experience what farm life was like in the late 1800s. 🚜 Take a ride on a historic train—some rail cars date back more than 100 years—and check out the farm’s old barns and equipment. 🚂 Meet the farm animals, try your hand at some old-fashioned chores, and watch a blacksmith at work. 🐄 The property is also home to the Patterson House, a historic Victorian farmhouse listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 🏡 Don’t leave without g

Take in the best San Francisco and Golden Gate Bridge views in the Presidio on the Batteries to Bluffs Trail. 🥾 While there, enjoy the area’s historic gun batteries, coastal plants and wildlife, and stunning views of the Pacific Ocean. 🌊 📍@San Francisco #VisitCalifornia #SanFrancisco #BayArea #California #Hiking

Welcome aboard Jurassic World—The Ride, a Universal Studios Hollywood exclusive where you’ll cruise through Jurassic World. 🦕 Casually watch dinosaurs until an alarm sounds and an Indominus rex escapes from her paddock. 🦖 Can you escape before you’re caught? 😮 Find out on this thrilling water ride. 😱 Warning: You will get wet! 🚨 📍@Universal Studios Hollywood in @discoverLA #VisitCalifornia #UniversalStudiosHollywood #JurassicPark #LosAngeles #Hollywood

Dazzle a date with a destination that’s more than just another dinner reservation! 💕 @Shadowbrook Restaurant in @VisitSantaCruz is tucked along Soquel Creek, and you can arrive in style by walking the romantic garden path, taking the hillside cable car… or riding in a vintage yellow taxi run by the restaurant itself. 🚕🌲 Inside, it’s all old-world charm—glowing lanterns, lush gardens, and architecture that feels like a storybook come to life, making it a Valentine’s date as unforgettable as the m