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This is great seaside amusement park in California offering features both modern and classic: thrill rides, restaurants, miniature golf, video game arcades, and family bowling, all located on a mile of sandy beach.The boardwalk is a perfect place to spend a day with your family creating memories that will always remain fresh in your minds.
The Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary at Natural Bridges State Beach is a special place that brings great pride to locals. Here you can watch the amazing journey of a Monarch Butterfly. There are other notable places like the Lighthouse Field a short distance south from Natural Bridges, Point Lobos at the Whaler's Knoll, and the most famous is Pacific Grove.
The Santa Cruz Island was named for a priest’s staff that was lost on the island during the Portola expedition of 1769. A Chumash Indian found the cross-tipped stave and returned it to the priest. It is also called as "the Island of the Sacred Cross". This island has a rich cultural heritage, and one can explore the island by hiking. It's a great place for swimming, snorkeling, diving, and kayaking. Nature lovers, bird and animal watchers, are avid for the endemic island scrub-jay—only found on Santa Cruz Island.
The island got its name from its Chumash Native American Indian name, “Ennepah". This island actually changes its shape in the summer fog or afternoon heat, so the island looks like a mirage. You can find the Anacapa deer moose only here, and also find harbour seals and California sea lions resting and breeding. It's easy to spend half a day watching thousands of birds flocking and enjoying the native vegetation, wildlife and rich cultural history.
The mystery spot situated in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California, perplexes visitors, with its puzzling variations of gravity, seeming to challenge the laws of physics.
Santa Cruz Surfing Museum
The Santa Cruz Surfing Museum traces over 100 years of surfing history. There's a spectacular view of the museum overlooking the Steamer Lane, the internationally renowned surfing site. Photographs, surf boards and surfing videos abound.
Pacific Edge - the place for all fitness freaks or for any body. It has a very captivating, relaxed and supportive environment that offers 15 diverse classes each week to keep visitors relaxed and rejuvenated. They have one of the largest selections of climbing equipment, shoes, harnesses, ropes, and guide books in California and world class climbing terrain.
This one day fair takes place in June, and provides an opportunity for the Japanese Community to create awareness of the traditional and contemporary Japanese culture in Santa Cruz. On this day, the members of the Japanese Cultural Fair exhibit various kinds of arts, crafts and culture of Japan which helps in creating mutual understanding and a sense of respect for people from other cultures, among the people in Santa Cruz. They take volunteers for this event and work together with people from other cultural backgrounds to enjoy a Japanese cultural experience.
The Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music is America's leading contemporary music festival. It's held held each summer and is truly a major force in innovative new music. This festival is gaining popularity. For lovers of contemporary music, attending the Cabrillo Festival during the first two weeks of August is a chance that should never be missed.
Lick Observatory is a leading observational astronomy research and education center that's open to all. If you're interested in the stars, and want to know more about it, visiting the Lick Observatory is a must. You can even put your questions to an astronomer. | 
