Winters, California
The Lonely Parking Meter
The only parking meter in the entire town, it is surrounded by 100 free spaces.
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Winters, California
The only parking meter in the entire town, it is surrounded by 100 free spaces.
Pacific Grove, California
The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.
Pacific Grove, California
Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."
Castroville, California
It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."
Monterey, California
The oldest U.S. Government building in California, and it's State Historic Landmark #1.
Monterey, California
This municipal playground was co-created by the father of one of the most playful characters ever.
Pacific Grove, California
Hopeless romantics will swoon over the sweet story behind this bright and colorful home.
San Simeon, California
The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.
Los Angeles, California
A miniature train theme park, free to the public, laying at the base of the Santa Monica Mountains.
San Diego, California
The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.
Memphis, Tennessee
Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.
Escondido, California
Sojourn to the past at this residence teeming with 1950s memorabilia.
Oro Grande, California
Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.
Baker, California
This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.
Henderson, Nevada
Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.
Syracuse, Utah
The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.
Hill AFB, Utah
The last SR-71 ever constructed.
North Ogden, Utah
Water flowed out of the town's unusual tree stump fountain in the 1930s, and the well still runs today.
Page, Arizona
These mid-century motels once housed the workers who built the Glen Canyon Dam.
Page, Arizona
Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.
Page, Arizona
A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.
Beatty, Nevada
A brothel nestled amongst ghost towns, with an abandoned plane wreck to greet you.
Beatty, Nevada
Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.