Fun Facts about San Diego, California

San Diego is an ideal destination, whether you're visiting for work or pleasure. Before you arrive, learn some fun facts about this coastal beauty:

• San Diego is California's second largest city and the eighth largest city in the United States.
• San Diego is home to more than 90 museums, from fine arts to transportation, classics to contemporary, and science to natural history.
• The carnation is the official city flower.
• The San Diego County Fair started as an agricultural fair, and takes place in Del Mar each year.
• Star of India, the world's oldest and still-working ship, makes her homeport in San Diego. Built in 1863, she has circumnavigated the globe 21 times.
• More than 200 cruise ships berth in San Diego Harbor each year.
• San Diego has been dubbed the 'Top Beer Town,' with more than 80 craft breweries throughout, including innovators like Karl Strauss and Stone Brewing Co.
• Often referred to as the "Smithsonian of the West," Balboa Park is the largest urban park with cultural institutions in the U.S.
• San Diego has sent more shows to Broadway than any other city in the U.S.
• The Birch Aquarium at Scripps in La Jolla is the largest oceanographic museum in the country.
• San Diego County produces the most avocados of any region in the country.
• The University of California, San Diego's Geisel Library, in La Jolla, houses the world's largest collection of original Dr. Seuss manuscripts. Dr. Seuss (Ted Geisel) was a one-time resident of La Jolla.
• San Diego County has the most missions in the state, with four in all.
• From the early 30s until the late 70s, San Diego was known as the Tuna Capital of the World. More than 40,000 people were employed directly or indirectly by the industry.