Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near California

While in California, you might enjoy a visit to:

A solemn monument to our forgotten four-footed soldiers is at March Field.
~19 miles from Hemet.

Sculpted in bronze, the grinning statue sits on the edge of a fountain and depicts the older, mayor-of-Palm-Springs Sonny, not the younger, "I Got You Babe" Sonny.
~26 miles from Hemet.

10 ft. tall bronze of Eliza Tibbets, who grew the original navel orange trees in 1873, starting California's citrus industry. Sculpture by Guy Wilson.
~28 miles from Hemet.

Learn the history of the date here -- the fruit, not the mating ritual.
~41 miles from Hemet.

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