California Historical Pictures

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Discover the geological wonders of North America’s hottest and lowest national park, packed with raw, wild and untouched landscapes ripe for exploring.

Learn about the old-fashioned cable cars that have transported San Franciscans for generations as you tour around a historic powerhouse and working museum.

Home to the world’s most notorious prison, tour this famous landmark to understand why it gained its reputation as such a cold and unforgiving place.

Home to the world’s most notorious prison, tour this famous landmark to understand why it gained its reputation as such a cold and unforgiving place.

This engrossing museum is packed with ancient Egyptian artefacts; jewellery, hieroglyphs and the odd mummy.

Home to the world’s most notorious prison, tour this famous landmark to understand why it gained its reputation as such a cold and unforgiving place.

See where Death Valley’s borax boom started when you explore the ruined structures of a 19th-century ore-processing plant in Furnace Creek Springs.

This engrossing museum is packed with ancient Egyptian artefacts; jewellery, hieroglyphs and the odd mummy.

Learn about the old-fashioned cable cars that have transported San Franciscans for generations as you tour around a historic powerhouse and working museum.

Make a visit to this historic northern California town to discover beautiful countryside and an intriguing past.

Learn about the old-fashioned cable cars that have transported San Franciscans for generations as you tour around a historic powerhouse and working museum.

This engrossing museum is packed with ancient Egyptian artefacts; jewellery, hieroglyphs and the odd mummy.

Make a visit to this historic northern California town to discover beautiful countryside and an intriguing past.

Learn about the old-fashioned cable cars that have transported San Franciscans for generations as you tour around a historic powerhouse and working museum.

California’s capital and its surroundings have attractions for all interests, from cultural destinations, to clear lakes, to a history riddled with gold. 

Home to the world’s most notorious prison, tour this famous landmark to understand why it gained its reputation as such a cold and unforgiving place.

Preserved by its remoteness and the dry desert heat, the remains of an early 20th-century mine make it look as though it was abandoned just a few years ago.

Make a visit to this historic northern California town to discover beautiful countryside and an intriguing past.

Home to the world’s most notorious prison, tour this famous landmark to understand why it gained its reputation as such a cold and unforgiving place.

Learn about the old-fashioned cable cars that have transported San Franciscans for generations as you tour around a historic powerhouse and working museum.

This engrossing museum is packed with ancient Egyptian artefacts; jewellery, hieroglyphs and the odd mummy.

Home to the world’s most notorious prison, tour this famous landmark to understand why it gained its reputation as such a cold and unforgiving place.

This engrossing museum is packed with ancient Egyptian artefacts; jewellery, hieroglyphs and the odd mummy.