Solvang, California
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Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.
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Solvang, California
Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.
Los Angeles, California
A macabre tour of Hollywood’s deadly history.
San Diego County, California
The world's largest wooden trestle stretches across this desert canyon in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.
San Bernardino, California
The largest dune field in the Mojave offers a chance of hearing the 'singing sands.'
San Francisco, California
A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.
Altadena, California
"The Hoppiest Place in the World" holds the world’s largest collection of bunny memorabilia and is a singular testament of a couple's devotion to all things Leporidae.
Yucca Valley, California
On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.
Inyo County, California
A hard-to-reach oasis in a desolate corner of Death Valley National Park.
Cambria, California
A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.
Santa Barbara, California
The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.
Felton, California
This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.
Los Angeles, California
This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.
Byron, California
A ruined hotel with an unlucky history and an eerie present.
Los Angeles, California
From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.
San Francisco, California
A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.
Santa Ynez, California
The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.
San Francisco, California
The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.
Los Angeles, California
Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.
San Francisco, California
The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.
Los Angeles, California
This 'Murder House' grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.
San Francisco, California
The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.
Lancaster, California
Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.
San Francisco, California
A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.
Los Angeles, California
Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.