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Capital: Sacramento
Population: 39 million+
Language: English
![](https://wanderpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/California.jpg)
1 – Yosemite National Park (also above)
![](https://wanderpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Yosemite_Falls_from_trail_Yosemite_NP_CA_US_-_Diliff.jpg)
![](https://wanderpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Yosemite_national_park_lake_rocks_mountains_autumn_nature.jpg)
2 – Big Sur
![](https://wanderpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/waves-on-california-coast.jpg)
![](https://wanderpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Bixby_Bridge_In_Big_Sur_43348258.jpeg)
3 – Los Angeles
![](https://wanderpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Echo_Park_Lake_with_Downtown_Los_Angeles_Skyline.jpg)
4 – San Diego
![](https://wanderpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/San_Diego_CA_USA_-_View_from_Coronado_-_panoramio.jpg)
![](https://wanderpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/San-Diego.jpg)
5 – San Francisco & Alcatraz Prison
![](https://wanderpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Cable_Car_No._1_and_Alcatraz_Island.jpg)
6 – Golden Gate Bridge
![](https://wanderpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/800px-Golden_Gate_Bridge_as_seen_from_Marshalls_Beach_March_2018.jpg)
![](https://wanderpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Golden_Gate_Bridge_.jpeg)
7 – Santa Cruz
![](https://wanderpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/640px-Santa_Cruz_CA_USA_-_Santa_Cruz_Beach_Boardwalk_-_panoramio_1.jpg)
8 – Santa Anita Canyon
![](https://wanderpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Santa-Anita.jpg)
9 – McWay Cove
![](https://wanderpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/McWay-Cove.jpg)
10 – Pacific Coast Highway
![](https://wanderpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Pacific-Coast-Highway.jpg)
11 – Tokopah Waterfalls
![](https://wanderpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Tokopah-Waterfalls.jpg)
12 – Painted Ladies San Francisco
![](https://wanderpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Alamo_Square_San_Francisco.jpg)
13 – Sequoia National Park
![](https://wanderpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/800px-United_States_-_California_-_Sequoia_National_Park_-_09.jpg)
![](https://wanderpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/sequoia-national-park-53289_1280.jpg)
14 – Battery Boutelle
![](https://wanderpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/800px-Battery_Boutelle_the_Presidio_of_San_Francisco.jpeg)