Places curiouser 54cc2706 Wants to Go

This redwood is a historic landmark, a town’s namesake, and the dancing sideline symbol of Stanford University.

A very tiny church, bisected by a now-dead oak tree and marooned in the middle of a shopping center parking lot.

This short-lived tea and silk farm is believed to be the first permanent Japanese settlement in North America.

The huge granite obelisk that towers over a small California town.

Around the perimeter of San Francisco’s second-largest park is a meandering 2.7-mile path designed to inspire contemplation.

In the "Danish Capital of America," a replica of one of Copenhagen's most iconic buildings.

Make sweet music as you walk through this interactive sonic sculpture.

The last remnant of a tree that helped prove to the world that sequoias are real—and they’re spectacular.

The oldest Naval chapel in the United States is home to an incredible collection of Tiffany stained-glass windows.

Inside this library turned museum, the history of Modesto and Stanislaus County is on full display.

Meet 'Big Josh,' the 20-foot-tall muffler man.

Naturally carbonated water fills the mineral baths at this 19th-century California resort.

A showcase of engineering might that was also symbolic of westward expansion.

Home to an apple tree that can produce 25 different varieties of fruit.

Mid-Century Modern Meets Millionaire’s Row.

These two K-9 memorials commemorate the sister cities of Edinburgh and San Diego.

California's largest steel arch bridge.

Unusual white sandstone formations in the Los Padres National Forest.

A simple statue outside a California Amtrak station honors the overlooked contributions of the "silent spikes."

The longest covered bridge west of the Mississippi River.

This lighthouse has been guiding shipping into the Golden Gate since before the American Civil War.

A mosaic map made of over 100,000 tiles depicts the geological features and sea creatures that live along this San Diego beachside community.

A vaudeville performer mounted this hollowed-out redwood log onto the chassis of a truck, and toured the country spreading a message of conservation.

This bright and bubbly Palm Springs hotel was the brainchild of an iconic drag queen.