Childhood:
Old Sacramento
Folsom Lake
CA State Railroad Museum
CA State Indian Museum
CA Governor's Mansion
Stanford Mansion
Indian Grinding Rock
Jackson (old mining camps)
Downieville (old mining camps)
http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=500 Folsom Lake
Emerald Bay

Numerous visits:
Yosemite National Park
Humboldt Redwoods

Adult:
Mono Lake
Yosemite National Park
Silver Falls
Arches National Park
Zion National Park
Dinosaur National Monumen t
Grand Canyon - North Side
Bryce Canyon
Champoeg State Park
Tomales Bay State Par k
Columbia Gorge Falls
Angel Island
Half Moon Bay
Mendicino Headlands