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Bay to Breakers 5/18
San Francisco
More than 75,000 runners and costumed revelers race.
Rose Parade 5/17
Santa Rosa, Calif.
A green-focused event with floats and a rose bloom contest.
Fruit & Nut Fest 5/17–18
Hughson, Calif.
Festivities include a tractor pull, sock hop, and 4-H petting zoo.
Swedish Festival 5/16–18
Kingsburg, Calif.
Salinas Valley Fair 5/15–18
King City, Calif.
Rodeo 5/15–17
Redding, Calif.
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The clan house at Totem Bight State Historical Park
Totem carving lives again as an art form along the Pacific Northwest Coast.
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Salt Lake’s Tabernacle S.F. Contemporary Jewish Museum  
Hear the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in the newly renovated Tabernacle on Temple Square. For shows on Jewish culture, history, arts, and ideas, check out the new museum, designed by Daniel Libeskind.
Yellowstone After the Fire Hawaii’s Moana Surfrider
Twenty years after the devastating 1988 fire, a former park employee reports on its recovery. Waikiki’s first hotel, built in 1901, has had a makeover.

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Alcatraz’s Garden Idaho’s Water Park
The Garden Conservancy has helped recreate grounds first planted in the early 1900s. Bring your surfboard and catch a wave at the Flow River in Silver Rapids Indoor Waterpark.
WWII Japanese Memorial What’s New in the West
A statue, Forced Journey, in Eugene, Ore., commemorates the plight of Oregonians confined to internment camps. Galleries, a scenic byway, a lodge, and a restaurant make their debuts.

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