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Hearst Ranch

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California Zephyr

California Zephyr

Season 6 Episode 610
28:08
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In-N-Out Burger

Season 14 Episode 146
57:39
Cotton

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Season 8 Episode 8004
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California's Gold with Huell Howser

Center of California

Huell travels in search of the geographic center of our state and in the process visits a whole string of towns that lay claim to being " the center of California." With the help of locals and a cartographer from the U.S. Geological Survey, Huell finally locates the exact spot and marks it by planting a state flag.

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In-N-Out Burger
57:39
Huell looks at the history of In-N-Out Burger.
Land Sailing
24:29
Huell travels to the Mojave Desert's El Mirage Dry Lake to witness land sailing.
Cotton
24:13
Huell spends a day in Buttonwillow, which calls itself the “Cotton Capitol of California.”
San Juan Bautista
27:29
A century ago, San Juan Bautista was the hub of Northern California.
Firefall
27:20
Join Huell atop Glacier Point with Nic Fiore, last to start the annual Yosemite firefall.
Mare Island
27:38
Join Huell as he takes us on one of the last tours of Mare Island before the base closes.
California Zephyr
28:08
Huell revisits the California Zephyr, a train which traveled between Chicago and Oakland.
Hearst Ranch
58:33
Join Huell as he gets a tour of the 80,000 acre Hearst Ranch.
Farallon Island
58:05
Join Huell as he spends the day with the biologists who live on the Farallon Islands.
John Muir Special
54:07
Huell meets and speaks to famed naturalist and Sierra Club founder "John Muir" reenacted.
Coachella Music Festival
57:27
This episode is all about the world renowned Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio.
Join Huell as he explores one of America’s oldest, strangest and most beautiful lakes.
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