Ask HN: Visiting Mountain View for the first time. Where should I go?

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I'm taking a trip to Mountain View for the first time. What should I not miss? (startups - I wonder if Zappos still give free tour, VCs, coffeeshops, restaurants, incubators, incubating office spaces, historical sites, etc)

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It really depends what kind of stuff you are into but I'd recommend checking out the Computer History Museum. There is a lot of awesome historical stuff there, and it is free. It might be quite boring if you're not into computers though.

http://www.computerhistory.org/

Oo, I finally will get to see a punchcard computer in person! Very cool, thanks! Reminds me of the time I accidently found a Thomas Edison exhibit in Bandai Museum outside Tokyo.

It might be a good time to see it because I think a replica of the difference engine is on display there... pretty cool:

http://computerhistory.org/babbage/

There's a pretty cool place at 1600 amphitheatre parkway

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