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Season 9
Episode 9012
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California's Gold with Huell Howser
Norconian Resort
Season 9
Episode 9009
In the mid 1920’s, Rex B. Clark, an unmatched visionary of his time, accomplished the near impossible by constructing the world-class Norconian Resort in a remote area of Southern California, which after the stock market crash was converted into one of the pre-eminent Naval Hospitals in the United States. Huell travels to the site with filmmaker and historian Kevin Bash.
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Huell visits the Pacific Asia Museum, whose mission is to further Asian cultural awareness.
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Huntington Beach is known as “Surf City”, but this adventure doesn't approach the ocean.
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Huell visits a massive archaeological site with millions of fossils.
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Join Huell on a tour through some of California's most amazing Redwoods.
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Huell goes in search of some of our most permanent residents in this episode of California
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Huell discovers two very historic and beautiful buildings in Yosemite National Park.
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Huell takes an exciting 4-mile excursion on Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad.