Los Angeles
- California Science Center one of our favorites
- La Brea Tar Pits
- Los Angeles Science Museums
- Mount Wilson Observatory
San Francisco
San Diego
San Jose
- Computer History Museum
- Intel Museum
- Lick Observatory
- Stanford Linear Accelerator (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
- 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.
