Richmond, California
Nike Missile Radar Site
An abandoned Cold War missile radar site.
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Richmond, California
An abandoned Cold War missile radar site.
Cambria, California
Cambria's most unique B&B features creative surroundings and fantastic food.
Los Angeles, California
This stockpile of junked electronic and mechanical gadgets is a favorite among Hollywood prop masters.
Beverly Hills, California
The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.
Pasadena, California
An airy would-be solution to a housing shortage.
Santa Rosa, California
340 bicycles, 65 feet high.
Alameda, California
Antiques by the Bay.
Dixon, California
This corn maze so big you may want to pack a lunch, and possibly a flaregun.
Berkeley, California
The only museum of sake in the United States is nestled in an unlikely California college town.
Los Angeles, California
This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.
Rancho Palos Verdes, California
A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.
Little River, California
A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.
Sausalito, California
A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.
Felicity, California
Semi-recognized center of the world, with many oddities.
McKittrick, California
Hidden in the back of a disused small town hotel is a dive bar shellacked with over a million pennies.
Calabasas, California
A glittering South Asian anomaly in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb.
Los Angeles, California
A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.
Oakland, California
Neoclassical Revival mansion and set of horror cult classic Phantasm.
Los Angeles, California
This collector's home is a constant work in progress.
Inyo County, California
The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."
Beverly Hills, California
An ultra-modern vista that has been featured in so many films the house is a celebrity in its own right.
Glendale, California
An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.
Baker, California
No one’s quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.
San Francisco, California
Amazing meticulous gardens of personal wood carvings, Hydrangea, Canna, and many other flowers.