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 The front of Asian Garden Mall.

Westminster, California

Asian Garden Mall

The heart of Little Saigon in Orange County is also the first and largest Vietnamese shopping center in the U.S.

A statue in Okunoin Cemetery. (Wikimedia Commons)

Koya, Japan

Okunoin Cemetery

Largest graveyard in all of Japan surrounds a famous mausoleum.

Front of El Rancho.

Gallup, New Mexico

Historic El Rancho Hotel

John Wayne, Ronald Reagan, and other Hollywood actors have resided in this picturesque Route 66 hotel.

The former testing laboratory

Las Vegas, Nevada

Mormon Fort

The oldest standing building in Las Vegas was established by Mormon settlers.

The lab was fictionalized by John Steinbeck as "Western Biological Laboratory"

Monterey, California

Doc Ricketts' Lab

Steinbeck's old stomping grounds, immortalized in Cannery Row.

Jellyfish!

Monterey, California

Jellyfish Exhibit at Monterey Bay Aquarium

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

The dinner plate jelly (Solmissus incisa) is exhibited for the first time in October 2023 as part of the Into the Deep/En lo Profundo exhibit.

Monterey, California

Into The Deep/En lo Profundo Exhibit at Monterey Bay Aquarium

Enormous crabs, bioluminescent jellies, and other amazing creatures from the ocean’s depths—some of which are in an aquarium for the first time ever.

McWay Falls and Waterfall House Ruins

Big Sur, California

McWay Falls and Waterfall House Ruins

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery

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.

William Randolph Hearst's private castle.

San Simeon, California

Hearst Castle

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Nitt Witt Ridge
Permanently Closed

Cambria, California

Nitt Witt Ridge

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

Morro Rock

Morro Bay, California

Morro Rock

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

"Peacock" fountain at Adamson House.

Malibu, California

Adamson House

Malibu's first beach home features an astonishing trove of ceramic tiles.

Toto Canine Movie Star Memorial Marker

Los Angeles, California

Toto Canine Movie Star Memorial Marker

Because there's no place like home.

A sweet lil feral cat.

Los Angeles, California

Feral Cat Colonies of Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

Casa Bonita's Lagoon

Lakewood, Colorado

Casa Bonita

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

Kobe Luminarie

Kobe, Japan

Kobe Luminarie

An astounding annual light display honors the victims of one of Japan's most devastating earthquakes.

Solvang's Rundetaarn replica

Solvang, California

Rundetaarn Replica

In the "Danish Capital of America," a replica of one of Copenhagen's most iconic buildings.

Hans Christian Andersen Museum

Solvang, California

Hans Christian Andersen Museum

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

The wind harp today.

Solvang, California

Solvang Wind Harp

California's oldest wind harp represents a historic piece of America's Danish history.

It sits behind chain link and barbed wire

Goleta, California

Barnsdall-Rio Grande Gas Station

This little gem of Spanish Colonial architecture has been abandoned since the 1950s.

Empty stores are covered with art.

Primm, Nevada

Prizm Outlets

This mostly abandoned shopping outlet is now adorned with beautiful graffiti and murals.

Aliens welcome visitors to the jerky mothership

Baker, California

Alien Fresh Jerky

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

View of the 100-inch from the 150-Foot Solar Tower Current Towercam

Pasadena, California

Mount Wilson Observatory

This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.

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