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San Diego, California San Diego is a big city, where locals take pride in its small-town feel. To the north and south of the city are 70 mi of beaches. Inland, a succession of chaparral-covered mesas are punctuated with deep-cut canyons that step up...
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San Diego, California San Diego is a big city, where locals take pride in its small-town feel. To the north and south of the city are 70 mi of beaches. Inland, a succession of chaparral-covered mesas are punctuated with deep-cut canyons that step up to savannalike hills, separating the verdant coast from the arid Anza-Borrego Desert. The area, the birthplace of California, was claimed for Spain by explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo in 1542 and eventually came under Mexican rule. You'll find reminders of San Diego's Spanish and Mexican heritage throughout the region -- in architecture and place-names, in distinctive Mexican cuisine, and in the historic buildings of Old Town. | Nawiliwili Bay, Hawaii | Even a nickname like "the Garden Island" fails to do justice to the verdant gem that is Kaua'i. Brooding mountains dominate the island's lush interior and are framed by long, sandy beaches, coral reefs, and sheer sea cliffs. Five million years of wind, rain, and erosion have sculpted fluted... See less 
