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Learn the secrets of Bonanza Kings and Railroad Barons:

Silver King lives in a single room at the Palace Hotel while his wife lives in Paris and she is written up in society pages

Silver King divorced by wife for numerous adulterous affairs

Silver King sells bar and marries chambermaid and builds Connecticut brownstone Nob Hill mansion

Two Railroad Barons so detested each other that they hired body guards to protect themselves from assassination

Railroad Baron’s widow remarries younger man and disinherits her son who opposes the marriage

Railroad Baron introduces his son to society on a silver platter

Railroad Baron’s wife has jewel collection that rivals the Csarina of Russia

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Share the architectural genius of Willis Polk and Julia Morgan.

Tour elegant ballrooms; where Tony Bennett sang “I left my heart in San Francisco.”

See Silver King Flood’s mansion: That survived the 1906 earthquake and was restored by San Francisco architect Willis Polk.

Experience the ambiance of Hungtingon Park: with the sculpted beauty of Fountain of Turtles from Rome, and the Fountain of Sprites.

Walk the magnificent Grace Cathedral with its world famous stained-glass windows, murals and labyrinth.

Visit California’s first Cathedral built in 1854: filled with rare Chinatown and 1906 earthquake photographs.

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CalActive Says:

Go on a helicopter tour over Los Angeles! You get the most fantastic perspective of the city. We even buzzed a container ship coming into Long Beach harbor. Brilliant fun.