Pomona, California
Spadra Cemetery
This graveyard is the eternal home of the residents of a vanished California town.
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Pomona, California
This graveyard is the eternal home of the residents of a vanished California town.
Solvang, California
Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.
Solvang, California
Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.
Goleta, California
A popular winter vacation destination for migrating monarch butterflies.
Cannon Beach, Oregon
This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.
Brookings, Oregon
As a show of peace, a Japanese naval pilot gifted his 400-year-old Samurai sword to the Oregon town he bombed.
Gold Beach, Oregon
This historic steamboat is scuttled just a few hundred feet from where it was built over a hundred years ago.
Astoria, Oregon
A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.
Portland, Oregon
This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.
Port Orford, Oregon
A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.
Cannon Beach, Oregon
A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.
Florence, Oregon
Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.
Yachats, Oregon
On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.
Los Angeles, California
America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.
Rancho Palos Verdes, California
A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.
Cabazon, California
The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.
Desert Hot Springs, California
The Hopi-style structure was built by the man who discovered Desert Hot Springs' famous mineral water.
Calipatria, California
This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.
Calipatria, California
A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.
Bombay Beach, California
Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.
San Diego, California
An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.
Los Angeles, California
Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.
Los Angeles, California
The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.
Los Angeles, California
A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.