Cool Places

Talk about cool places to see here... tell me something about them, and anything 'secret' I should know about, to make it even cooler.

In other words, tell me what it is, where it is, and something fun or interesting to do there.

If you'd like, you could even drop it on my Google Map for this, but I'd almost prefer just hearing about it, from you.

=California=

Monterey

 * Monterey Bay Aquarium

Mountain View

 * Google Campus, walk around, see some of the crazy things they do with their money, and be sure to see the Android Sculptures at Building 44, and Sue the T-Rex near Building 43.
 * The Computer History Museum, so incredibly worth the entry fee. Make sure you locate and look at Difference Engine 2 before you leave, it's not in the 'main' museum path.

Santa Cruz

 * The Santa Cruz Boardwalk

=Michigan=

Marquette Area

 * Waterfalls, too many to mention
 * Lakenenland, a sculpture park along M-28 in between Munising and Marquette, park your car and walk around.
 * Presque Isle park, go for a walk, or a slow drive, see wild animals and freighters docked unloading coal or loading iron ore.

Sault Sainte Marie

 * Valley Camp, a museum lakes freighter that I never got around to seeing, personally.
 * The Tower of History, go for the view from the top, not the garbage message.
 * The Soo Locks, world famous locks that handle 1000' freighters, lifting and lowering them 21' from Lake Superior down to Lake Huron.
 * Rotary Park, near Clyde's Drive-In (also worth visiting). Relax, eat your Clyde's and watch some massive boats move through an impossibly narrow channel. Not as cool as "the rock cut" though, further South on the Saint Marys River.