Those attractions of historical interest.
If you’ve ever felt that your day is going in circles, here’s a perfect opportunity to just embrace that feeling. The Balboa Park Carousel has been letting people ride in circles for over 100 years. Built in 1910 by the Herschell-Spillman company in North Tonawanda, New York, the carousel first landed in Los Angeles before making its way… Read More Balboa Park Carousel
Full disclosure: I love trains (and pretty much anything that rides on rails). As a toddler, rather than playing with my Tonka trucks in a sandbox like the other kids, I lined mine up in a row and drove them along imaginary tracks. Go figure. I also enjoy historical things and places, so it made sense… Read More Ride the Vintage Trolley
More often than not, Cabrillo National Monument is the first place that I take my out-of-town visitors. The expansive views of both the Pacific Ocean and the city are a great way to orient someone to the city. Cabrillo National Monument is part of the National Park Service and is San Diego County’s only national… Read More Cabrillo National Monument
Sometimes you don’t have to travel very far to escape to another time and place. This afternoon I needed to get out of the house and, in less than thirty minutes, I was back in the 1800’s in Old Town San Diego. It’s where the earliest settlers sank their roots and formed what would eventually… Read More Old Town San Diego
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo discovered San Diego bay in 1542 and Sebastián Vizcaíno returned to map the area in 1602, but it wasn’t until 1769 that the Spanish established a settlement here in San Diego by establishing the first of 21 Spanish missions in Alta California. I guess they didn’t want to rush into things. The… Read More Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcalá
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