San Jose, California
Monopoly in the Park
The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.
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San Jose, California
The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.
San Jose, California
It is locally loved and ridiculed for literally looking like poop.
San Jose, California
A statue commemorate Tommie Smith and John Carlos's brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.
San Jose, California
A plaque outside the San Jose airport commemorates the insect's arrival to the West Coast.
San Jose, California
A life-sized mammoth sculpture marks the spot where the remains of a Columbian mammoth were discovered in 2005.
Los Altos, California
The garage at the childhood home of Steve Jobs was a hangout for the founders of Apple, even if they never built computers there.
Santa Clara, California
One of the largest Marian shrines on the West Coast stands rather unexpectedly in Silicon Valley.
Sunnyvale, California
A giant can of fruit cocktail is all that remains of what was once the world's largest cannery.
Mountain View, California
One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.
Mountain View, California
The first high-tech company in the valley that actually worked with silicon devices.
Palo Alto, California
Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.
Palo Alto, California
Guarded by the Angel of Grief, the Stanford family tomb attracts an odd mix of halloween revelry and somber contemplation.
Palo Alto, California
This odd California folly seems like it was almost designed to accumulate urban legends.
Redwood City, California
A classically inspired temple in Redwood City.
Hillsborough, California
This controversial depiction of the "Founder of California" looks as though it was sculpted from mashed potatoes.
Pacifica, California
A rough granite monument marks the spot where Europeans first caught sight of the San Francisco Bay.
South San Francisco, California
A large instrument played by the wind.
Daly City, California
A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.
Colma, California
The peaceful gravesite of a rugged wild west gunman echoes the touching story of his last days.
Colma, California
The final resting place of the Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.
Daly City, California
Two pillars set 10 paces apart commemorate the "last notable American duel."
Gold Hill, Oregon
A tourist attraction founded around a slumping cabin.
Strasbourg, France
This 14th century wine cellar is home to the oldest barrel-stored wine in the world.
British Virgin Islands
Divers can encounter an abandoned warship encircled by a giant kraken submerged in the British Virgin Islands.