Murphys, California
Mercer Caverns
A popular tourist cave with a dark past.
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Murphys, California
A popular tourist cave with a dark past.
Bodfish, California
One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.
Carlsbad, New Mexico
The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."
Roswell, New Mexico
A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.
San Jose, California
The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.
San Jose, California
A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
San Luis Obispo, California
A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.
San Luis Obispo, California
A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."
San Luis Obispo, California
An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.
Morro Bay, California
A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.
Sutter, California
Rising out of miles of farmland, these buttes are sometimes called the world's smallest mountain range.
Fresno, California
An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Yo, Adrian!
San Marino, California
Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.
Arcadia, California
Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.
Berkeley, California
Where the alchemists dream of transmuting base metal into gold was actually achieved.
Oakland, California
Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.
Oakland, California
Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.
Oakland, California
Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.
Lafayette, California
Thousands of crosses and markers for soldiers who lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan blanket a California hillside.
Alamo, California
Cows on a ranch are commonplace, scattered cow bones everywhere? Not so much.
Walnut Creek, California
This mountaintop beacon is only lit three times a year but shines like some kind of all-seeing eye.
Teec Nos Pos, Utah
The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.