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Nautical-themed signs hang outside this colorful restaurant

Santa Monica, California

The Galley

Santa Monica's oldest restaurant, decorated with set pieces from the Mutiny on the Bounty.

The Sam Maloof Compound.

Rancho Cucamonga, California

Sam Maloof House

A living museum dedicated to the legendary woodworker and his soulful furniture.

The view from outside the fence.

Palm Springs, California

Volkswagen Spider Sculpture

This giant spider sculpture made from the iconic car is one giant visual pun.

Champions for Humanity Monument

Oakland, California

Champions for Humanity Monument

With statues of Nelson Mandela and Harvey Milk this monument has been called the Mount Rushmore of California.

Lee R. Baxandall Bridge

Palm Springs, California

Lee R. Baxandall Bridge

The so-called "Bridge of Thighs" in Palm Springs allows nudists to discreetly cross the road.

Cathedral of Christ the Light

Oakland, California

Cathedral of Christ the Light

A massive ultra-modern church presents a science-fiction view of Catholicism's inclusive future.

Smiler's Point

Palm Desert, California

Smiler's Point

This simple highway curve has become a comedic pilgrimage site.

There it is, in all its puny glory, Newport Beach's Cocos nucifera.
Permanently Closed

Newport Beach, California

California's Coconut Palm

One of the only known surviving coconut palm trees in the entire state.

Litto's Hubcap Ranch represents decades of one man's folk art vision.

Pope Valley, California

Litto's Hubcap Ranch

Wheels of chrome by the thousands adorn this California Historical Landmark.

St. George Reef Lighthouse prior to being decommissioned

Crescent City, California

St. George Reef Lighthouse

A lighthouse built to save lives that took quite a few with its treacherous location.

Night

Winters, California

Sam Spade's Office

If you dial the number in this abandoned office window "Sam Spade’s" secretary will ask you to leave a message.

A cautious frog surveys the scene.

Moss Landing, California

Elkhorn Slough

More than 700 species live within this murky marvel of a swamp on California's coast.

Ruddy's General Store Museum interior.

Palm Springs, California

Ruddy's General Store Museum

This general store offers visitors a glimpse back into the 1930s.

Phelan Building, with the rooftop penthouse visible

San Francisco, California

Phelan Building

The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.

The coyote at Burning Man 2013.

Healdsburg, California

Coyote

A huge work of Burning Man-inspired outsider art on the grounds of a California winery.

Gibbon Conservation Center, 10/4/2015

Santa Clarita, California

Gibbon Conservation Center

This Southern Californian Conservation Center is home to singing and howling apes.

Knight of Shields, guiding seekers of dates.

Indio, California

Shields Date Garden

A giant knight, sex education, date shakes, and Jesus coexist happily in this Coachella Valley desert oasis.

Founders

Pasadena, California

Planetary Society

Inspiring Earthlings to Boldly Go.

The Steinbeck House Restaurant

Salinas, California

The Steinbeck House Restaurant

Eat a tasty meal in the house where John Steinbeck was born.

The fig tree.

San Diego, California

Balboa Park Moreton Bay Fig Tree

One of the largest trees of its kind in California.

Sleeping Beauty.

Cienfuegos, Cuba

Cementerio la Reina

A cemetery full of exquisite statuary, including a monument to a woman some say died of a broken heart.

From National Register of Historic Places application, photo 1973

Shrewsbury, Vermont

Stone Man of Bowman Family Crypt

Who is this marble man, perpetually creeping up the steps of his own mausoleum?

Moriarty Monument.

New Orleans, Louisiana

Moriarty Monument

The tallest monument in a historic New Orleans cemetery was prompted by romance and dash of pettiness.

Grave of Caroline Walter

Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Grave of Caroline Walter

Flowers have mysteriously appeared on her effigy every day for the last 150 years.

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