Must-see attractions in Orange County

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    People entering Knott's Scary Farm at Knott's Berry Farm, celebrating a Southern California Halloween tradition, on October 14, 2013.

    Knott’s Berry Farm

    Orange County

    What started as a simple berry farm is now a sprawling 160-acre operation with rides, live shows and lovable Peanuts characters roaming the grounds. Knott…

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    The Bowers Museum

    Bowers Museum

    Orange County

    From its stately, Spanish Colonial–style shell, the Bowers Museum explodes onto the scene every year or so with remarkable exhibits that remind LA-centric…

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    Discovery Cube Orange County, a science museum in Santa Ana, California, with more than 100 hands-on exhibits.

    Discovery Cube

    Orange County

    Follow the giant 10-story cube – balanced on one of its points – to the county's best educational kiddie attraction. About 100 hands-on displays await,…

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    Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum

    Orange County

    The Nixon Library offers a fascinating walk though America’s modern history and that of this controversial native son of Orange County (1913–94), who…

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    Knott's Soak City

    Orange County

    Next door to Knott's Berry Farm is this water park, boasting a 750,000-gallon wave pool, dozens of high-speed slides, tubes and flumes, and one of the…

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    Christ Cathedral

    Orange County

    This glass monolith was built in the shape of a four-pointed star and boasts 10,661 windows, seating capacity for 3000 and an organ with 16,000 pipes…

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    Kidseum

    Orange County

    Compared with other children's museums, this one is intimate and pretty mellow, with mostly low(ish) tech, hands-on art and cultural exhibits to keep the…

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    Plaza Square Park

    Orange County

    This attractively landscaped traffic circle forms the crossroads of Old Towne Orange.