Places curiouser 54cc2706 Wants to Go

Admire a Lilliputian replica of the fast food outlet.

Victoriana on Orange Grove Avenue.

These six walrus head statues harken back to a time when this area wasn't far from the oceanfront.

One of the last remaining Carpenter Gothic churches is situated on a wildflower conservatory overlooking the bay.

A miniature train theme park, free to the public, laying at the base of the Santa Monica Mountains.

The oldest orange tree in California spawned a generation of citrus farmers.

This cabin from the 1850s is one of the first structures built by Chinese immigrants in California.

A 1914 beaux arts auditorium that sat shuttered for 20 years, restored and reopened in 2026

A 90-acre park on former landfill that hosts an annual kite festival.

This small oasis of flora and art was created in remembrance of a local auto business owner.

Folk art crafted from discarded vegetable crates.

With its peeling paint and faded sign, this theater-turned-recycling plant is a nostalgic relic of 1950s Americana.

A landmark for a trailblazer for female architects and the designer of one of the most famous and opulent buildings in California.

A plaque outside the San Jose airport commemorates the insect's arrival to the West Coast.

Windswept and remote, this island was once the home of a rare mammoth and today is home to a rare tree.

This museum honors the first Spanish land grant in California which is still in the hands of the original owner's family.

California's longest-running tourist attraction is a stump.

Apartment building was once posh playground to the Hollywood elite.

This 38-year old fish became a casualty of changing trends.

Special tunnels built so that frogs won't be killed when crossing the highway.

Historical trolley restoration and operation at History San Jose, Kelly Park.

The site of the house Jack Parsons made famous both in life and death.

The first safe in this California town had to hold all the gold.

A decommissioned Naval base now rents itself out for people who want to blow stuff up.