Pasadena, CA
Pasadena caters for an incredibly broad range of interests and tastes, especially for a city of just 135,000 residents.
Students of history, the arts, astronomy, botany, jet propulsion, or even viniculture, will all find something of interest in Pasadena. Wine buffs can enjoy wine tasting wineries like Black Rock Wine Works, where award-winning zinfandels, sauvignon blancs, and grenaches are produced.
Speed freaks should head for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). A world-famous research center for NASA, it offers tours subject to the public by appointment.
Once you're in the mood for reaching fro the stars, you will find the climate is perfect for stargazing. Pasadena boasts two observatories--the Carnegie and Mount Wilson; both are open to the public.
In Pasadena, you'll find everything from the earth to the stars. |
