7) Nevada City, Sierra Nevada Mountains
Sitting pretty in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Nevada City is a love letter to gold rush era California. Located just 60 miles northeast of Sacramento, Nevada City is a historic landmark with even more than its fair share of heritage buildings and historic points of interest. Local Nevadans are so proud of their past that they have carefully preserved the century-old Victorian buildings and regularly celebrate the uniqueness of their home city with festivals and parades. Recently dubbed the ‘Carmel of the Sierra Foothills’, Nevada City offers visitors many ways to pass the time including shopping at beautiful boutiques, sampling fine Nevadan cuisine, discovering any of the city’s numerous art galleries and exploring the great outdoors of the Sierra Nevada Mountain’s western foothills. Nevada City’s annual Victorian Christmas celebrations are also not to be missed.
