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Odd stone and concrete monuments in the "Poet of the Sierras" eclectic folly garden.

Sojourn to the past at this residence teeming with 1950s memorabilia.

A pair of pure white felines guard the entrance to a spot of California real estate established as an artist's haven.

This historic Chinese church was relocated and revived as a museum that preserves and celebrates Chinese art, history, and culture.

Approximately 250,000 people left homeless by the great earthquake and fires found shelter in Golden Gate Park.

Chewing gum tycoon's memorial lies perched over wife's botanical gardens on Santa Catalina Island.

A giant can of fruit cocktail is all that remains of what was once the world's largest cannery.

A unique local art exhibit that has continued to grow since 1989.

Famous and forgotten figures lie beneath the faded headstones and decaying planks of wood.

A 50-foot tile mural mosaic for the 100-year anniversary of the Statue of Liberty.

Masterful ceramic fountain and map of the Pacific Basin.

This large pile of traveler-curated rocks by the dry lakebed is a longstanding tradition on the Old Mojave Road.

One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.

The best place in the park to test out your throwing arm.

Perched high atop telephone poles is an uncanny outdoor art gallery that greets passersby on their commute.

The freeway that never was.

This California tree is the single source of the state's entire orange industry.

A hardware store Buddha statue installed to deter vandalism wound up attracting Vietnamese immigrants who came to pray.

Under the shadow of its towering parent tree, a rare specimen of sequoia produces ghostly white leaves.

In the basement of a San Francisco performing arts center, a small museum dedicated to the history of showgirls.

A former hardware store near Yerba Buena is the official home of California's history.

This Alamo Square mansion is rumored to have hosted satanic rituals and other occult practices.

The Los Angeles flood disaster that took 400 lives and ended the career of William Mulholland.

Where a great scandal unfolded with a famous female revivalist at its center.