Places curiouser 54cc2706 Wants to Go

This lonesome Monterey cypress has survived centuries of wind, salt, and at least one attempt at arson.

The oldest house in the capital of Silicon Valley.

Eight huge lanterns lining a city street can change color on command.

This controversial depiction of the "Founder of California" looks as though it was sculpted from mashed potatoes.

This L.A. fixture has been serving hot dogs out of a giant hot dog since 1946.

A monument to the frontier doctor who came up with the idea of delineating highways with a painted line.

Once the site of speeding horses, now home to picnickers and public concerts.

A Community Cornerstone.

This small shack near the entrance to Sequoia National Park has been in almost continuous operation for the last century.

A lonely monument to the original Silicon Valley tech campus.

View the California coastline (and the home of Barbara Streisand) inch by inch with stunning, government-sanctioned aerial photography.

Thousands of turbines whir at the origin of North American wind power.

Thousands of crosses and markers for soldiers who lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan blanket a California hillside.

A hidden gem, named after a San Franciscan icon, offers spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean.

Erroneously called the world's tallest flagpole, this landmark is devoted to "good neighborliness."

A simple plaque remembers a California island massacre that claimed more than 100 lives.

A collection of anti-communist sculptures stands watch in the Mojave Desert.

One of the largest Marian shrines on the West Coast stands rather unexpectedly in Silicon Valley.

The first lookout in Yosemite.

Although he donated over 3,000 acres to Los Angles, Griffith's life was marred by controversy.

In the country around Buttonwillow, California, a marker commemorates a revealing moment in the story of a water colony from the fictional Kcymaerxthaere that sought independence.

The viewpoint for this attractive, off-the-beaten-path waterfall is reached by a paved, wheelchair-accessible trail.

800 apricot trees honor Silicon Valley's agricultural history.

An enchanting tunnel of cypress trees leads to an old morse code station still used today.