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A peculiar bit of architecture which hosts an ever-changing series of hands-on displays for children.
The Discovery Cube Orange County, formerly known as the Discovery Science Center, Taco Bell Discovery Science Center, or simply The Cube, is a science museum in Santa Ana, California, with more than 100 hands-on science exhibits designed to spark children's natural curiosity. Designed by the architecture firm Arquitectonica with structural engineers Carl Johnson and Svend Nielsen, it has become a visual landmark due to its ten-story solar array cube that stands over Interstate 5.
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A beautiful neighborhood with expensive houses.
A cultural art museum, known for its own exhibits and for its visiting exhibits. Santa Ana residents enter for free on Sundays. Various exhibits have different prices. Parking usually costs money. Also closed on July 4th, Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day.
Built in 1901, this is the former courthouse for Orange County, now housing permanent and temporary art exhibitions. Cool exterior composed of granite and sandstone which sticks out from the buildings surrounding it. Be warned that there are sometimes sketchy people around the building.
Art Deco structure. Is now open as a museum for the city, registration may be required.
An art walk in a district containing art galleries, restaurants, and shops.
20 acres of urban jungle. By its founder's wish, it must be the home to at least 50 monkeys at all times. It has a "Fifty Monkeys Ferris Wheel", with each gondola highlighting an endangered monkey, a carousel with endangered animals, and a train ride.