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San Juan Bautista

Season 7 Episode 710
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California's Gold with Huell Howser

Mare Island

Season 7 Episode 704

The first on the entire west coast, with 142 years of service to our nation, the Mare Island Naval Shipyard has been a long time builder of California’s naval gold. Join Huell as he takes us on one of the last tours of the base set to be closed due to military downsizing. He also visits with former workers who show him the dry dock building slips of ancient battleships and modern nuclear subs.

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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.
California Zephyr
28:08
Huell revisits the California Zephyr, a train which traveled between Chicago and Oakland.
Scotty's Castle
28:17
Huell travels to Death Valley to learn about Walter Scott and the castle named after him.
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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