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Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

This impressive tunnel was dug entirely by hand over the course of 36 years.

A popular tourist cave with a dark past.

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

Where the line between entertainment and aerospace blurs.

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.

Mexican food and folk art.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

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

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

A ruined hotel with an unlucky history and an eerie present.

The most unique castle in all of Southern California, entirely constructed from repurposed materials.

This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.

The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.