Riding a fancy car provides a brief taste of luxury without outrageous monthly payments or the responsibility of refilling its caviar tank every day. Experience automotive extravagance with this Groupon.

$99 for a High-Speed Drive in a Ferrari F430 or Lamborghini Gallardo, valid June 1 or 2 (a $249 Value)

Experiences require advance registration. See the full schedule here. Drivers reach high speeds and zoom for three laps around a closed course. Once finished, they can pick up a CD with pictures of the experience and, for an additional $25, purchase in-car video footage.

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The alphabet was originally invented so that babies wouldn't realize they'd been tricked into thinking a few crummy wooden blocks were toys. However, it can also be used to string letters into words, as this Groupon proves.

$59 for $135 Worth of Customized Letter Art

All pictures are printed in black-and-white or sepia tone, including framed name pictures, wooden gallery-block pictures, and signature boards. The standard and deluxe framed names can accommodate up to 11 characters in the word or name while the gallery-block and signature boards can only hold up to nine letters.

With each shipped order, Frame The Alphabet will include a $75 gift certificate for a future purchase.

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The Groupon Guide to: Speed-Reading

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Museums bring history alive, like a skeleton found underneath your house. Explore the natural world with this Groupon.

Choose from Four Options

• $35 for a one-year Individual Plus+ membership (a $75 value)
• $45 for a one-year Dual Plus+ membership for two adults (a $95 value)
• $50 for a one-year Family Plus+ membership for two adults and up to four children age 17 or younger (a $110 value)
• $90 for a one-year Patron Family membership for two adults and up to four children age 17 or younger (a $210 value)

All four options include the following membership benefits:

• Unlimited admission for one year to the Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, and the William S. Hart Museum
• Transferable member card good for any individual at any time; no need to identify them on member account
• Complimentary admission to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County's seasonal butterfly and spider pavilions
• Early access to new exhibits
• 10% discount on merchandise from the museum store and online
• Free subscription to The Naturalist and other museum publications
• Discounts on classes, camps, and field trips
• Invitations to members-only special events

Plus+ memberships include a transferrable Plus+ member card that can be used for any individual not listed on the membership account. The Patron Family membership includes all family membership privileges, plus a reciprocal membership at more than 300 participating museums, four guest passes, and free admission to Scavenger's Safari tours.

Page Museum membership conveys all the benefits of membership to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County; this Groupon cannot be combined with other recently purchased memberships to the NHM.

Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits

The Rancho La Brea Tar Pits are a playground of time. From their sticky, still-bubbling depths rises the past, which scientists at the Page Museum display for the present and preserve for the future. In fact, over the last century, these scholars have excavated more than one million bones, building a catalog of roughly 650 species that stretches back more than 50,000 years. And these animals paint a picture of what Los Angeles and the rest of the US looked like then: mammoths, giant ground sloths, and saber-toothed cats surviving off each other and a dense thicket of vegetation.

The Page Museum brings this time to life while keeping visitors grounded in the present. Even before reaching the museum proper, the Lake Pit presents an image of how the exhibits inside got there: a life-sized, fiberglass mammoth statue sinking into a lake of asphalt. That scene explains both why the skeletons in the exhibits are so impeccably preserved, why they hold a slightly brownish tint, and why many of them have fossilized swimsuits stuck to their torsos. The Pleistocene Garden, meanwhile, recreates the native flora of the Los Angeles Basin as it would have appeared from 10,000 to 40,000 years ago, letting guests better understand the animals' habitats.

Yet to keep guests from believing they're stuck in the past, the Page Museum pulls back the curtain on the fossils' origins. Multiple active excavation pits allow glimpses into their murky depths as crews search for, and regularly find, traces of animals. Then, inside, the paleontological process unfolds at The Fishbowl, a glass-walled laboratory where scientists clean, study, and prepare fossils seven days a week.

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Like fine wine, chocolate comes in many varieties and tastes better when you talk about it in a French accent. Parlez vous delicious with this Groupon.

Choose Between Two Options

• $10 for $20 worth of sweets
• $19 for $40 worth of sweets

The San Francisco Chocolate Factory's stock stock of chocolates features such sweets as the Wine Lover's gift set ($19.99), Happy Birthday tin ($7.50), and "Got Milk?" chocolate gift sampler ($35) filled with chocolate bars, chocolate mints, chocolate lip balms, and a "Got Milk?" mug containing cocoa and a stuffed plush cow.

This Groupon may be redeemed in-store or online.

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Top Reasons to Visit Sycamore Mineral Springs Resort

• Voted a top 10 mineral-springs spa by Spa magazine and SpaFinder in 2009, this resort has been in operation for more than 100 years. The naturally hot sulfur mineral water found onsite is said to be healing and soothing.
• All of the queen spa rooms and the double-bed rooms have attached private mineral-spring hot tubs.
• The Oasis, the onsite mineral-springs hot tub with a waterfall, can hold up to 30 people. There is also a full-service spa, yoga classes, and a meditation labyrinth on the property. Additionally, you'll have access to a hiking trail and a walking path to the beach.
• The award-winning onsite eatery, Gardens of Avila Restaurant, serves farm-to-table cuisine made with ingredients from organic farms. Some menu highlights: the grilled albacore tostada and drake duck breast with roasted carrots.

San Luis Obispo, California: Historical Californian City Close to Hiking and the Pacific Coast

Founded in 1772 as a mission community, San Luis Obispo is one of the oldest towns in California. Halfway between San Francisco and Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo—nicknamed “SLO”—has a thriving downtown. Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is its centerpiece. It was the original mission of the city; it has been completely restored and now houses a museum. Near the mission, you can wander through posh boutique shops and dine at upscale restaurants.

San Luis Obispo is almost perpetually sunny, with more than 300 rain-free days every year. The city is bisected by a string of hills known as the Nine Sisters, and six of these hills are open for climbing, hiking, and mountain biking. And with the Pacific coastline and beaches 10 miles away, people flock here to go windsurfing, kayaking, surfing, and kiteboarding. Also nearby is the resort town of Avila Beach, famous for its hot mineral springs.

The city made international headlines in 1990 when it became the first place in the world to ban smoking in all public buildings, including bars and restaurants. This action sparked worldwide antismoking laws, and today, it’s a citable offense to smoke in public at all in SLO. Considering the city’s famously strict health codes, it’s a delightful surprise that the Bubble Gum Alley exists here. Locals and visitors have been sticking their chewed gum on Bubble Gum Alley’s walls since about 1960, and in turn, the alley is now a massive, mosaic-like public artwork that is at once beautiful and grotesque.

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Top Reasons to Visit SeaVenture Resort

• Located just off Highway 101 on the sandy shores of Pismo Beach, SeaVenture Resort is a quiet inn within walking distance of the town’s famous 1,200-foot-long pier.
• You can admire ocean views while dining at SeaVenture Restaurant, where Chef Casey Walcott prepares contemporary cuisine with a coastal California twist. The kitchen uses local vegetables and high-quality pork, beef, and seafood.
• Both fireplace king and spa deluxe king guest rooms are equipped with fireplaces and king-size feather beds. In the spa deluxe room, you can retreat to a private balcony to soak in the hot tub.
• Various activities are available just outside your door, including golfing, surfing, kayaking, and fishing. Rent a bicycle from the front desk at no charge to explore the town. Or stay indoors at the onsite spa, which offers purifying seaweed wraps and aromatherapy massages among other services.
• Nearby Oceano Dunes State Park features scenic hikes amid coastal tide pools and 5.5 miles of beach designated for vehicle use—meaning you can drive your car or a dune buggy next to the ocean.

Pismo Beach, California: Surf Town Close to Wine Country

Pismo Beach is a small city with the recipe for classic California coast appeal: sun, sand, surf and a backdrop of hills overlooking a valley of vineyards. Sitting halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, the city marks the beginning of a 23-mile stretch of shoreline. Weather is key to the beach culture here; Pismo Beach enjoys 315 days of sunshine each year and temperatures ranging from 66 to 84 degrees. Year-round, surfers descend on the coast along with vacationers looking to get tans. Visitors can also explore isolated dunes on the southern end of town, or fish off the central pier, which features an arcade and bowling alley.

The warm weather and misty mornings of this coastal stretch provide great conditions for winemaking in the nearby Edna Valley. With one of California’s longest growing seasons, the Edna Valley AVA has some of the region’s best wineries, producing large quantities of chardonnay, pinot noir, and syrah.

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Top Reasons to Visit Sycamore Mineral Springs Resort

• Voted a top 10 mineral-springs spa by Spa magazine and SpaFinder in 2009, this resort has been in operation for more than 100 years. The naturally hot sulfur mineral water found onsite is said to be healing and soothing.
• All of the queen spa rooms and the double-bed rooms have attached private mineral-spring hot tubs.
• The Oasis, the onsite mineral-springs hot tub with a waterfall, can hold up to 30 people. There is also a full-service spa, yoga classes, and a meditation labyrinth on the property. Additionally, you'll have access to a hiking trail and a walking path to the beach.
• The award-winning onsite eatery, Gardens of Avila Restaurant, serves farm-to-table cuisine made with ingredients from organic farms. Some menu highlights: the grilled albacore tostada and drake duck breast with roasted carrots.

San Luis Obispo, California: Historical Californian City Close to Hiking and the Pacific Coast

Founded in 1772 as a mission community, San Luis Obispo is one of the oldest towns in California. Halfway between San Francisco and Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo—nicknamed “SLO”—has a thriving downtown. Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is its centerpiece. It was the original mission of the city; it has been completely restored and now houses a museum. Near the mission, you can wander through posh boutique shops and dine at upscale restaurants.

San Luis Obispo is almost perpetually sunny, with more than 300 rain-free days every year. The city is bisected by a string of hills known as the Nine Sisters, and six of these hills are open for climbing, hiking, and mountain biking. And with the Pacific coastline and beaches 10 miles away, people flock here to go windsurfing, kayaking, surfing, and kiteboarding. Also nearby is the resort town of Avila Beach, famous for its hot mineral springs.

The city made international headlines in 1990 when it became the first place in the world to ban smoking in all public buildings, including bars and restaurants. This action sparked worldwide antismoking laws, and today, it’s a citable offense to smoke in public at all in SLO. Considering the city’s famously strict health codes, it’s a delightful surprise that the Bubble Gum Alley exists here. Locals and visitors have been sticking their chewed gum on Bubble Gum Alley’s walls since about 1960, and in turn, the alley is now a massive, mosaic-like public artwork that is at once beautiful and grotesque.

Read the Fine Print for important info on travel dates and other restrictions.

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