Officially
recognized as the first European settlement in California,
what became San Diego was founded in 1542 by a Spanish
explorer named Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo. There
wasn’t really anything there until 1770 when a
Spanish mission was placed on the site. MORE... |
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The
Midway, her keel was laid down in October 1943 and launched
in March 1945, is the third ship to bear that name.
An Air Craft Carrier that is now used as a museum (as
of 2004), she is now permanently located in San Diego.
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San
Diego’s Pacific Beach (or merely “PB”
to the locals) is sort of like Los Angeles’s Venice
Beach. Once an area for college kids and the surfing
crowd, it is now turning into a more professional and
affluent due to rising property and rental costs. MORE... |
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Starting
out its life under the name “Euterpe”, this
proud sailing ship was built in the year 1863. Made
of iron, the ship was purchased in 1901 by the Alaska
Packers Association, who re-rigged her as a barque;
a barque being to any vessel with a particular type
of rig comprised of three or MORE.. |
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