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An entertaining journey through the odd and strange awaits visitors to this shop.

An archive of nearly every day of Buckminster Fuller's life.

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

A mysterious and endangered parasitic herb from the California desert.

While you're unlikely to find riches here these days, this remote mine is a time capsule of the Gold Rush era.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."

According to legend it was a nap taken under this tree that kicked off the California Gold Rush.

One of the richest places in the United States has a cursed street.

The Southern California pop sounds of surf and sand were born right here.

One time home to turn of the century explosives, now hidden under the Bay Bridge.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

Frank Lloyd Wright died a year before construction on his largest public project even began.

A relic from a forgotten bakery chain still spins atop a diner.

A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.

A pair of disused Los Angeles electrical poles now glow with delicate windows into the past.

Malibu's first beach home features an astonishing trove of ceramic tiles.

Once the largest town in eastern Yuba County now sits abandoned.

California's most comprehensive horticultural library.

One incredible room in the Santa Barbara Courthouse is covered in wall-to-wall canvas murals.

A basement full of treasures lies beneath this inn that has worn many hats throughout its 140+ years.

Built by one man in the '20s, this site is now a museum representing the Great Basin cultures.

This collection of hand fans doubles as a history of femininity.

Colorado Boulevard’s historic bookstore, operating since the bustling city of Pasadena was merely some orange groves and a few ostrich farms.