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Southern California's amusement parks are legendary and Disneyland is the still the fairest of them all. In Fantasyland's Toon Town, young kids can still pose with Mickey Mouse.

Nearby knott's Berry Farm is a delightful Old West amusement park with golf-panning demonstrations and staged gun fights. Universal Studios Hollywood offers a great glimpse into the world of make-believe and special effects, plus they have cool and scary thrill-rides like Back to the Future and Jurassic Park.

For dinosaur lovers, there's the La Brea Tarpits, whose bubbling black pools were a trap for animal life since the last ice age. Families can watch the ongoing excavations, plus there are low-cost sleepovers requiring only a sleeping bag and a torch.