As a kind of close to my home entry, California's Siskyou County in general is gorgeous. Mt. Shasta is there of course (the big landmark), but there are a ton of smaller peaks, including the hike back to a lake on Mt. Eddy which is covered in wildflowers and snow-melt rivelettes in the spring. The Castle Crags are a stark rock formation in a park that contains more lovely hiking and a lake, and for volcanic evidence you can't beat Medicine lake which contains both floating pumice and non-floating black-glass obsidian. There are also a number of old-timey small towns in the general area that still contain things like soda-shops and nearby is the source of the Sacramento river. And there are endless beautiful waterfalls. It is much more outdoorsy than indoorsy, but there are activities for every fitness/ability level.
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As a kind of close to my home entry, California's Siskyou County in general is gorgeous. Mt. Shasta is there of course (the big landmark), but there are a ton of smaller peaks, including the hike back to a lake on Mt. Eddy which is covered in wildflowers and snow-melt rivelettes in the spring. The Castle Crags are a stark rock formation in a park that contains more lovely hiking and a lake, and for volcanic evidence you can't beat Medicine lake which contains both floating pumice and non-floating black-glass obsidian. There are also a number of old-timey small towns in the general area that still contain things like soda-shops and nearby is the source of the Sacramento river. And there are endless beautiful waterfalls. It is much more outdoorsy than indoorsy, but there are activities for every fitness/ability level.