Albany, California
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An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."
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Albany, California
An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."
Berkeley, California
An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.
San Francisco, California
Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.
San Francisco, California
A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.
San Francisco, California
A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.
San Francisco, California
A monument to the love people have for their pets.
Sonoma, California
The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.
Shandon, California
A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.
La Quinta, California
A giant desert bird that once swung music fans at Coachella now has a home in a nearby traffic circle.
Aptos, California
This concrete ship has had four careers - World War I tanker, floating amusement park, fishing pier, and artificial reef.
Los Angeles, California
Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.
Los Angeles, California
Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.
Los Angeles, California
A macabre tour of Hollywood’s deadly history.
Los Angeles, California
A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.
Los Angeles, California
World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.
Los Angeles, California
The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.
Calipatria, California
At this deceptively beautiful beach, nothing is what it seems.
Calipatria, California
Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.
Calipatria, California
Erroneously called the world's tallest flagpole, this landmark is devoted to "good neighborliness."
Calipatria, California
A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.
Calipatria, California
This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.
Niland, California
An off-grid art installation that encourages its visitors to imagine a world without waste.
Mecca, California
The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.
Bombay Beach, California
Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.