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The guest rooms in this hotel are a tiny castle, a ship built into a tower, and an underground burrow.

Perched atop a lonely 76-meter hill overlooking the plains, this 12th-century Cham sanctuary was historically dubbed the Golden Tower by French scholars due to the warm, glowing hue of its ancient bricks.

St. John's Episcopal Church is one of seven remaining churches with a complete collection of Tiffany Windows.

This arts and culture cultural center explores the diverse cultural heritage of the American West.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

This iconic neon jester is a local landmark that you might recognize from his cameos in film and television.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

Santa Monica's oldest restaurant, decorated with set pieces from the Mutiny on the Bounty.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

Made famous by cable TV, this oddball collection of antiques and collectibles is a cut above the rest.

Remains of a Greek freighter trapped off of Rocky Point in 1961.

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

The design of this ornately decorated place of worship closely mirrors a church in Vietnam.

A statue destroyed by a 1987 earthquake lies in pieces on a university campus.

The helicopter that "Tricky Dick" absconded from the White House in on his last day in office.

A museum dedicated to restoring vintage aircraft, located at a working airport.

A shockingly detailed small scale recreation of the temples of Abu Simbel.

The last Americana on Route 66.

Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.

A small space-exploration exhibit hidden in a hotel.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

A collection of anti-communist sculptures stands watch in the Mojave Desert.