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Guadalupe, California

Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.
anhie Added by anhie
Solvang, California

OstrichLand USA

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.
Added by snapsnazzy
Goleta, California

Goleta Monarch Butterfly Grove

A popular winter vacation destination for migrating monarch butterflies.
Added by lastpearl
Huntington Beach, California

Don The Beachcomber

This midcentury LA bar was the birthplace of tiki culture.
Molly McBride Jacobson Added by Molly McBride Jacobson
Baker, California

Alien Fresh Jerky

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.
WastelandNomad Added by WastelandNomad
Baker, California

World's Largest Thermometer

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.
Added by octoberwitch
Ludlow, California

Ludlow

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.
Monica Petrus Added by Monica Petrus
Lake Havasu City, Arizona

Lake Havasu's London Bridge

This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.
steedjb Added by steedjb
San Jose, California

Santana Row Chess Plaza

A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.
Elise Added by Elise
San Jose, California

The Winchester Mystery House

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Added by mbison
San Luis Obispo, California

Madonna Inn

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.
tralfamadore Added by tralfamadore
Morro Bay, California

Morro Rock

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.
Added by zackofalltrades
San Simeon, California

Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.
dannaj Added by dannaj
San Simeon, California

Hearst Castle

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.
Added by jedijoel
Healdsburg, California

Coyote

A huge work of Burning Man-inspired outsider art on the grounds of a California winery.
Added by AlpineJoe
Agua Dulce, California

Vasquez Rocks

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.
Erin Johnson Added by Erin Johnson
Los Angeles, California

Griffith Observatory's Tesla Coil

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.
Rachel Added by Rachel
Los Angeles, California

Watts Towers

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.
Added by Mary Marshall Fowler
London, England

Natural History Museum of London

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.
Allison Added by Allison
Calabasas, California

Malibu Hindu Temple

A glittering South Asian anomaly in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb.
Elise Added by Elise
Los Angeles, California

Japanese Garden at the Donald C. Tillman Water Reclamation Plant

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.
Birbholder Added by Birbholder
Laguna Beach, California

Victoria Beach's Pirate Tower

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.
benihoopla Added by benihoopla
Los Angeles, California

Necromance

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.
Mackinac Island, Michigan

Mackinac Island

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.
Leslie McIntyre Added by Leslie McIntyre