2 Best Sights in Hanford, The Central Valley

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We've compiled the best of the best in Hanford - browse our top choices for the top things to see or do during your stay.

China Alley

Worth a brief look if you're in town—for the photo op, if nothing else—this frozen-in-time street holds the last remains of Hanford's once-bustling Chinatown. The centerpiece is the 1893 Taoist Temple. The alley's other buildings of note include the decaying L.T. Sue Herb building.

Hanford Carnegie Museum

Fashions, furnishings, toys, and military artifacts at this living-history museum tell the region's story. The facility is inside the former Carnegie Library, a Romanesque-style building dating from 1905.

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Merced Multicultural Arts Center81.8 miles away

645 W. Main St., at N St., Merced, California, 95340, USA
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