Oakland, California
Kinetic Steam Works
Collective dedicated to restoring steam engines.
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Oakland, California
Collective dedicated to restoring steam engines.
San Francisco, California
Thirteen trees representing the original thirteen colonies were planted with soil from historic Revolutionary battlefields.
Pacifica, California
A rough granite monument marks the spot where Europeans first caught sight of the San Francisco Bay.
Pescadero, California
A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.
Loyalton, California
Despite being a perfectly pleasant place to be, Loyalton can't seem to attract any visitors.
Inyo County, California
A mountain range on an active U.S. Navy base hides thousands of mysterious prehistoric rock carvings.
El Cajon, California
Educational foundation that teaches the powers of fourth dimensional physical properties.
Santee, California
A Biblically-based Natural History Museum.
Niland, California
An off-grid art installation that encourages its visitors to imagine a world without waste.
Borrego Springs, California
A remote desert lookout offers unparalleled views of the California badlands for those who brave the trek.
Lemon Grove, California
The Giant Lemon of Lemon Grove.
Indio, California
A giant knight, sex education, date shakes, and Jesus coexist happily in this Coachella Valley desert oasis.
Los Angeles, California
Wild West history in Hollywood style.
Monterey, California
The stately birthplace of California's statehood.
Monterey, California
This municipal playground was co-created by the father of one of the most playful characters ever.
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
One poet's handmade, anachronistic home.
Los Gatos, California
A pair of pure white felines guard the entrance to a spot of California real estate established as an artist's haven.
Santa Cruz, California
Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.
Salinas, California
Eat a tasty meal in the house where John Steinbeck was born.
Mount Hamilton, California
The world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory continues to report on the stars.
Norden, California
A statue commemorating the heroic life of a Viking postman who was the Godfather of California skiing.
Fort Bragg, California
Experience Larry Spring's self-taught "common sense" laws of physics.
Arcata, California
Humboldt's human-powered sculptures race across land and sea for days on end in a wacky quest for dominance.
San Francisco, California
The largest whiskey stash on the West Coast survived the 1906 fires--but not without heroic effort.