Orange County, California

:This is an article about the county in California. For other uses, see Orange County (disambiguation).

Points of interest

The area's warm Mediterranean climate and miles of year-round beaches attract millions of tourists annually. Huntington Beach is a hot spot for sunbathing and surfing; nicknamed "Surf City, U.S.A.", it is home to many surfing competitions. Other tourist destinations include the theme parks Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure in Anaheim and Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park. Little Saigon is another notable tourist destination, being home to the largest concentration of Vietnamese people outside of Vietnam.

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Mediterranean climate - Huntington Beach - Surfing - Nickname - Theme park - Disneyland - Disney's California Adventure - Anaheim - Knott's Berry Farm - Buena Park - Little Saigon - Vietnamese people

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Notable structures include the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, the largest house of worship in California; the historic Balboa Pavilion http://www.balboapavilion.com/history.html in Newport Beach; the Huntington Beach Pier; and the restored Mission San Juan Capistrano.

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Crystal Cathedral - Garden Grove - Balboa Pavilion - Mission San Juan Capistrano

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Some of the most exclusive (and expensive) neighborhoods in the U.S. are located here, many along the Orange Coast. Large shopping malls exist throughout the county, such as the Irvine Spectrum Center, South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, Fashion Island in Newport Beach, and The Block in Orange.

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Historical points of interest include Mission San Juan Capistrano (destination of migrating swallows), and the Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace (the only privately-controlled presidential library in the nation since the government began constructing these libraries in 1939) in Yorba Linda. The Nixon Home is a National Historic Landmark, as is the home of a very different character, Madam Helena Modjeska, in Modjeska Canyon on Santiago Creek.

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Mission San Juan Capistrano - Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace - Presidential library - 1939 - Yorba Linda - National Historic Landmark - Helena Modjeska - Modjeska Canyon - Santiago Creek

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The Anaheim Angels, which still play in the county as the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, won the World Series in 2002. The county's National Hockey League team, the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, lost the 2003 Stanley Cup finals after winning three games in a seven-game series. NFL football left the county when the Los Angeles Rams relocated to St. Louis in 1996, but Anaheim city leaders are currently in talks with the NFL to bring a franchise back to Orange County. Orange County is also the home of the Orange County Buzz basketball team of the American Basketball Association (ABA)

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Anaheim Angels - Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - World Series - 2002 - National Hockey League - Mighty Ducks of Anaheim - 2003 - Stanley Cup - NFL football - Los Angeles Rams - St. Louis - Anaheim

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