MOUNTAIN VIEW CEMETERY: OAKLAND, CA
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Established in 1863, this historic 226-acre cemetery holds crypts of many of California’s famous founders and San Francisco’s elite.
Read MoreFULL OF GRACE
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Located on Nob Hill, San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral is a soaring neo-Gothic structure that shelters many notable works of art, including a triptych altarpiece of bronze by Keith Haring.
Read MoreCHAPEL OF THE CHIMES
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California’s first licensed female architect and a Frank Lloyd Wright Protégé helped design this Moorish-Gothic columbarium.
Read MoreDAIRYLAND TEMPLES
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Visiting BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir & Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep Buddhist Thai Temple in Chino Hills, CA.
Read MorePORTAL OF THE FOLDED WINGS
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Why is there a 21-foot-long model of the Space Shuttle sitting in a semi-rundown NOHO cemetery? Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park Portal of the Folded Wings 10621 Victory Blvd North Hollywood, CA 91606
Read MoreSAINT BASIL ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
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Designed to evoke the feel of a very early Christian church or a monastery, this Brutalist style Catholic Church along Wilshire Boulevard rises like an ancient fortress, girded with towers and bristling with jagged, three-dimensional windows of stained glass and […]
Read MoreSAN XAVIER DEL BAC MISSION
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Known as the White Dove of the Desert, Mission San Xavier del Bac, an active Roman Catholic church serving the San Xavier Indian Reservation in Tucson, is considered the finest example of mission architecture in the Southwest.
Read MoreST. VINCENT DE PAUL CHURCH
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Located in what was once one of the wealthiest sections of Los Angeles, this Churrigueresque church built in the shape of a cross, has one of the best Mary alters I’ve ever seen.
Read MoreCHUMASH PAINTED CAVE STATE HISTORIC PARK
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The walls of this small cave carved from towering sandstone boulders contain some of the finest remaining rock art created by Chumash Native Americans.
Read MoreLA PURISIMA MISSION
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Mision La Purisima Concepcion de Maria Santisima is one of the famous network of Spanish Franciscan missions stretching the length of California, established in the 18th century.
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