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Explore San Diego and Beyond ™

Featuring fun and interesting attractions of San Diego and the surrounding region.

Category: Historical

Those attractions of historical interest.

Balboa Park Carousel

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

11 February 20168 February 2016 DanLeave a comment

Ride the Vintage Trolley

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

4 February 20164 February 2016 DanLeave a comment

Cabrillo National Monument

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

25 January 201631 January 2016 DanLeave a comment

Old Town San Diego

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

15 June 201531 January 2016 DanLeave a comment

Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcalá

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

23 September 20126 February 2016 DanLeave a comment

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$$$      $31-$50

$$$$    $50 or more

These are somewhat arbitrary rankings and, where possible, we will provide the current cost at the time of publication.

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