Military Places
Military places have a rich history, and usually interest the boys in the family!
Fascinating museum with lifelike mannequins showing what life was like on a naval aircraft carrier in the second half of the 20th century.
War planes still in working order, interesting exhibits, and enthusiastic guides who will share their knowledge of history with you.
Black polished granite L-shaped wall with names of those lost in the Vietnam War.
Memorial full of atmosphere, with statues of soldiers rising out of the juniper bushes.
Free state-of-the-art history museum with exhibits on pirates, the civil war, and World War II in North Carolina.
Rockets and fighter planes! Land a plane on a boat. Walk though Skylab.
Interesting museum with military exhibits from many different wars, and plenty of vehicles and boats outside on the grass.
Take a long walk along the harbor, past museums, sparkling highrises, parks, and cafes.
Large, modern army museum with impressive scenes made up of lifelike sculptures combined with equipment like tanks, planes, and helicopters.
Military museum with jet fighters, World War I and II exhibits, historic and racing cars, bombs and missiles, communications equipment, and jeeps.
Very interesting, state-of-the-art museum, covering deployments in many different countries. Not interactive for kids though.
An army outpost of the 1850s in a beautiful mountain pass. Civil war era living history days are the best times to come.
Beautiful bright harbor views from this huge aircraft carrier!
The Arizona memorial is situated over the remains of the USS Arizona, a warship that was attacked and sunk by the Japanese in 1941 at Pearl Harbor.
Interesting visit, where you get to really explore a great deal of the ship.
The Mighty Mo is a warship that served from World War II in 1945 to the first Gulf war where it fired tomahawk missles into Iraq.
Impressive museum with giant war planes, fascinating exhibits, and a kid's area like a control tower.
Campaigns of Courage exhibit sets the mood with real scenes you walk through.
A fun indoor activity: climb inside the cockpit of planes and helicopters, check out the patch collection, and make calls from the interactive air control tower.
Drive over the gorgeous bridge. Then picnic on the huge lawn and playground, and walk the pier.
Feel like you're on top of the world while standing at Cabrillo National Monument!
Restaurants with magical gardens, shops, fountain, open grassy areas, historical salmon-pink Spanish Revival architecture at a former naval training center.
After your meal, you can walk along the water at Liberty Station Esplanade, a wild area with birds and plants. See the planes fly directly overhead!
Incredible island in crystal clear water with a Civil War fort. A magical day trip.
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