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Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.

The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.

An eatery within a Bay Area Buddhist temple pulls off all your favorite Vietnamese classics without the meat.

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

An academy where anyone can train in the exciting acrobatic sports of parkour and freerunning.

A brooding mansion of clinker brick stands out among the Victorian houses of Pacific Heights.

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

About 80% of all U.S. avocados are descendants of Rudolph Hass's glorious tree.

The tiniest tiki room in San Diego.

Traversing these canyons, visitors can take in stunning views and glimpses of the region's history.

Radioactivity still cause for concern at this urban explorer's paradise.

For roadside fast food, pull over at the giant orange.

A long-vacant Scottish Rite temple in Hollywood has been converted into an art museum filled with Masonic relics.

The last orange grove of the San Fernando Valley is owned and protected by CSU Northridge.

Abandoned hotel with adjacent lake and golf course.

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

A small sculpture garden that provides a microcosmic representation of California.

The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.

Here, visitors can swing with the waves of the Pacific Ocean.

A B&B on a Victorian lighthouse station in San Francisco Bay.

Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

This giant spider sculpture made from the iconic car is one giant visual pun.