Los Angeles Times

Try in-state fun without much cash

- By Mary Forgione Where can you go for $10 or less if you want a new travel experience? Here are five affordable places in California with a cultural payoff. travel@latimes.com GEO QUIZ ANSWER: Australia

Anaheim

You could learn a thing or two on a guided 90-minute tour of Angel Stadium in Anaheim. For instance, it’s the country’s fourth-oldest stadium still in operation (after Fenway, Wrigley and Dodger Stadium). You’ll see the visiting team’s locker room, the Angels’ dugout, the Gene Autry Suite and learn the team’s history.

Cost: Tour tickets cost $8 for adults and $6 for children 14 and younger, seniors and military members. Kids younger than 4 are admitted free. Info: 2000 Gene Autry Way; lat.ms/angelstour­s

San Francisco

Boudin Bakery in San Francisco has been churning out golden loaves of sourdough bread since founder Isidore Boudin first put together “flour, water, salt and mother dough” in 1849. Enjoy the smell of fresh-baked bread — and free samples. Cost: A 30-minute guided tour costs $5, a self-guided tour, $3. Info: 160 Jefferson St.; lat.ms/ boudintour

Orange County

Helena Modjeska was a Shakespear­ean actress in her native Poland and in her adopted home in America. Madame Modjeska, as she was known, and her husband moved to California, bought a ranch in eastern Orange County and named the 21acre estate Arden, for the forest in “As You Like It.” They entertaine­d guests from 1888 to 1905. The Helena Modjeska Historic House and Gardens is a National Historic Landmark.

Cost: Docent-led tours last an hour and 45 minutes and cost $5. They’re offered at 10 a.m. on Wednesdays and Saturdays; reservatio­ns required.

Info: 29042 Modjeska Canyon Road, Silverado; lat.ms/modjeskato­ur

Solvang

Unlike the rest of Solvang, there’s nothing overtly Danish about the Solvang Vintage Motorcycle Museum, which showcases old and new racing bikes from Britain, Japan, Europe and the U.S. It’s open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Cost: Admittance is $10. Info: 320 Alisal Road; lat.ms/motosolvan­g

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