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Explore our favorite weekend escapes in and around Southern California.

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The Bridge to Nowhere
There are underappreciated bridges — great feats of civil engineering — that you can walk, bike or drive across to discover more of Southern California. Here are five of the best.
Snowy Egret
While there are still some places in SoCal where you can visit birds in captivity, here are five great places where you’re guaranteed to see some feathered flocks out in the wild.
BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir
Whether you have a difference in faith — or an indifference to faith — take off your shoes, set aside your fears and give yourself over to these five great temples and their traditions.
Chivas Skin Care (1)
Unfortunately, not all of us live in an area where you can own your own goat legally. Here are five great places where you can get to know some goats – and, during kidding season, maybe even hold a baby.
O'Melveny Park (2)
It's amazing how few Angelenos have ever heard of — much less been to — the hiking trails in the San Fernando Valley. Here are five great places to hit the trails and see L.A. from its vast urban expanse to the north.
Carrizo Plain superbloom
While the wildflowers are just starting to dwindle elsewhere, they are painting the town yellow, orange and purple in the Central Valley – namely, at the Carrizo Plain National Monument. 
An illustration of a white bird found on the seashore
Here are five great ocean and ocean-side dwellers to look out for while visiting our coastal lands … and the places where you’ll be sure to find them, without interfering with their pupping, spawning, mating and other private business.
Mentryville (1)
California may be famous for its ghost towns, but you don’t have to travel as far north as Gold Country, Death Valley, or even the Mojave to see one. Here are five great lost cities within arm’s reach from L.A., and what to look for when you visit.
Anacapa Island
This is a special time of year for the seagulls on Anacapa Island, the largest breeding ground for the Western gull in the Western U.S. The blooming wildflowers on the island make for a romantic setting for mating season.
Anza Borrego
The heavy rains of winter have brought a particularly spectacular bloom to the areas of Anza-Borrego – and the town at its center, Borrego Springs – that are easily accessible by car and on foot.
Desert Lilies
Carpets of desert flowers are currently filling Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, and so are crowds of flower-seeking visitors. But the bloom won't end with Anza-Borrego.
Del Monte Speakeasy
Today, you can track down traces of those days before the ratification of the 21st Amendment, without worry of police raids or mob ties or stock market crashes. You just have to know where to look.
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