Oakland, California
Cleveland Cascade
A restored 1920s cascade stairway provides one of the best views of Oakland's Lake Merritt.
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Oakland, California
A restored 1920s cascade stairway provides one of the best views of Oakland's Lake Merritt.
Los Angeles, California
Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.
Los Angeles, California
An iconic location along the Los Angeles River where countless movie scenes are filmed.
Los Angeles, California
Three vintage horses survived a 1976 inferno and found a home on a sister carousel.
Los Angeles, California
This store is dedicated to unique found footage and the strangeness of pre-internet pop-culture.
Inyo County, California
The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."
Truckee, California
Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.
Oakland, California
The memorial to the victims of the Jonestown Massacre carries the names of 918 lost, including one name people wish wasn't there.
Benicia, California
The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.
Berkeley, California
A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.
San Diego, California
One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.
Beverly Hills, California
Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."
San Francisco, California
The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.
Hillsborough, California
A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.
Sonora, California
A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.
Joshua Tree, California
An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.
Inyo County, California
"Only the devil could play golf here."
San Francisco, California
This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.
San Francisco, California
Half of a house.
San Bernardino, California
A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.
Felton, California
This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.
San Francisco, California
This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.
San Francisco, California
The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.
San Jose, California
An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.