California Science Sights

As home of Silicon Valley and the aerospace industry, California boasts a boatload of high-tech attractions.

Los Angeles

• California Science Center one of our favorites
• La Brea Tar Pits
• Los Angeles Science Museums
• Mount Wilson Observatory

San Francisco

• California Academy of Sciences
• Exploratorium

San Diego

• Mount Palomar Observatory
• USS Midway

San Jose

• Computer History Museum
• Intel Museum
• Lick Observatory
• Stanford Linear Aceelerator (SLAC) one of our favorites
• Tech Museum of Innovation

Other Locations

• San Andreas Fault
• Windmill Farm and Palm Springs Tram Palm Springs

Rest of the West

• Area 51, Nevada
• ASARCO Copper Mine, Tucson, Arizona
• Boeing Factory Tour, Washington one of our favorites
• Hoover Dam
• Kitt Peak Observatory, Tucson one of our favorites
• Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, AZ
• Meteor Crater, Arizona
• Mt. St. Helens, Oregon
• Museum of Flight, Seattle
• Northern Lights, Alaska
• Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Portland
• Pacific Science Center, Seattle
• Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson
• Science Fiction Museum, Seattle
• Star Trek Experience, Las Vegas
• Titan Missile Museum, Tucson one of our favorites
• Trinity Site, New Mexico
• VLA Radio Telescope, New Mexico
• White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico

Return to the California Vacation Grab Bag to find more unusual and interesting places to go on your California vacation.