Calipatria, California
Calipatria Flagpole
Erroneously called the world's tallest flagpole, this landmark is devoted to "good neighborliness."
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Calipatria, California
Erroneously called the world's tallest flagpole, this landmark is devoted to "good neighborliness."
Calipatria, California
Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.
Calipatria, California
This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.
Calipatria, California
A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.
Borrego Springs, California
Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.
Borrego Springs, California
A monument to a one-legged kidnapper, horse thief, and charlatan asks visitors to throw rocks in a pile.
Baker, California
Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.
Baker, California
This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Murphys, California
A popular tourist cave with a dark past.
Sequoia National Park, California
Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).
Three Rivers, California
Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.
San Diego, California
It would be a crime to miss it.
San Diego, California
A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."
San Diego, California
North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.
San Diego, California
One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.
San Diego, California
An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.
San Diego, California
An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.
San Diego, California
San Diego's most historic and haunted home.
San Diego, California
Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.
Kutna Hora, Czechia
An enormous and lavish Gothic church in Czechia.
Brno, Czechia
Europe's second largest ossuary wasn't discovered until 2001.
Venice, Italy
As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.
Venice, Italy
Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.