You can do anything in California, from surfing to skiing (Alpine, cross country, or water), from worshipping the sun on any number of spectacular beaches to mountain climbing or desert and wilderness hiking. If you can imagine it, you'll find it here.

California isn't just about Hollywood and theme parks, although you'll find the latter in abundance. Besides Disneyland and Knott's Berry Farm in Anaheim, there's Universal Studios Hollywood (Los Angeles); Paramount's Great America (Santa Clara County); Legoland (San Diego) and Legoland California (Carlsbad); Six Flags Waterworld (Concord); Six Flags Hurricane Harbor and Six Flags Magic Mountain (Los Angeles); Six Flags Waterworld USA (Sacramento); Sea World and the World Famous San Diego Zoo (San Diego); Six Flags Marine World and Six Flags Waterworld USA (San Francisco); Six Flags Hurricane Harbor, Six Flags Magic Mountain and Six Flags Marine World (Vallejo).

Want more? How about the three drive-through redwood trees along Highway 101 between Laytonville and Klamath'Or the herd of 400 buffalo on Catalina Island- There's a 21-foot (6.4-meter)-tall pink marble pyramid in Felicity, the self-proclaimed Official Center of the World! Furnace Creek Inn, built in Death Valley in 1927, boasts a spring-fed swimming pool besides the lowest grass golf course in the world - 214 feet (65.23 meters) below sea level! You will surely want to visit the Big Kitchen Cafe in San Diego (the self-proclaimed center of the universe) where Whoopi Goldberg once washed dishes, and Selma, the "Raisin Capital of the World!" Not tired yet? Then why not visit Tien Hau Temple in San Francisco, the oldest Chinese temple in the US, or the Moses Rodgers House in Stockton, home to the former slave who was the first to successfully drill for oil in the region. San Gorgonio Pass' 4,000+ electricity-producing windmills will blow you away, while Exeter's giant outdoor murals will ground you in history. Ready to relax? Try the only naturally carbonated hot springs in North America at Vichy Springs Resort Inn near Ukiah.

The list goes on and on, but one thing is clear: You'll never be bored in California!