Monterey, California
San Carlos Cathedral
The oldest continuously operating church in California.
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Monterey, California
The oldest continuously operating church in California.
Nevada City, California
A watering hole where the options for seating include a bar, patio, or subterranean cave.
Solvang, California
California's oldest wind harp represents a historic piece of America's Danish history.
Yosemite National Park, California
A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.
Three Rivers, California
Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.
Bombay Beach, California
Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.
Pomona, California
This graveyard is the eternal home of the residents of a vanished California town.
Grass Valley, California
The Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California."
Alameda, California
Antiques by the Bay.
San Marino, California
Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.
Mill Valley, California
Law-protected wreckage serves as a peculiar memorial for an almost forgotten World War II tragedy.
Dixon, California
This corn maze so big you may want to pack a lunch, and possibly a flaregun.
Chatsworth, California
Abandoned anti-ballistic missile base.
San Bernardino County, California
This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.
San Diego, California
North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.
Baker, California
Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.
California
Nuclear waste dump site now an environmental sanctuary.
Willow Creek, California
This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.
McCloud, California
This lesser known Hearst estate is a fairytale village built from the stolen bones of historic European buildings.
Ocotillo, California
A UFO scrapyard in the California desert.
Coalinga, California
A dwindling menagerie of anthropomorphic oil derrick animals still dot the barren California landscape.
Richmond, California
A B&B on a Victorian lighthouse station in San Francisco Bay.
McKittrick, California
Hidden in the back of a disused small town hotel is a dive bar shellacked with over a million pennies.
San Bernardino County, California
The most isolated mailbox in America lets desert travelers record their passing.