Bakersfield
About 410,000 people.
Bakersfield sits at the southern end of California's big farm valley and is famous for country music. It is a sunny city with a friendly small-town feel.
Explore old buildings and a petting zoo at the Kern County Museum, splash at a water park in summer, and enjoy live country music.
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Country Music
Bakersfield gave the world its own style of country music, and you can still hear it played live today.
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Kern County Museum
This outdoor museum has old houses and shops you can walk through to see how people lived long ago.