Lily Ponds of the Botanical garden at Balboa Park in San Diego California

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In the early part of the 20th century, San Diego hosted two World's Fairs: the Panama-California Exposition in 1915 and the California Pacific International Exposition in 1935. Both expositions were held in Balboa Park, and many of the Spanish/Baroque-style buildings that were built for those expositions remain to this day as central features of the park. The menagerie of exotic animals featured at the 1915 exposition provided the basis for the San Diego Zoo.

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Location: Botanical garden at Balboa Park in San Diego California
Photo credit: © Brenda Kean / Alamy / Afripics
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