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This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

This corn maze so big you may want to pack a lunch, and possibly a flaregun.

The only museum of sake in the United States is nestled in an unlikely California college town.

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

A creepy steel gremlin has protected the Bay Bridge since 1989.

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

Graffiti-covered ruins that were once part of a farm owned by a mental hospital.

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

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

Room 32 of the Alta Cienega Motel has grown into a shrine to the Lizard King.

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.

Semi-recognized center of the world, with many oddities.

Barely visible foundations remain where Stow Lake’s “observatory” once welcomed visitors.

Rare collectibles from automated musical instruments to 250 unique automobiles.

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.

Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.

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

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

A temple devoted to inner esoteric mysteries located in a California commercial strip.

This museum looks at the history of one of America's most famous prisons and most beloved albums.

A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.