San Francisco, California
Mission Dolores Cemetery
The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.
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San Francisco, California
The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.
San Francisco, California
This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.
San Francisco, California
A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.
San Francisco, California
A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.
San Francisco, California
A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.
Borrego Springs, California
A monument to a one-legged kidnapper, horse thief, and charlatan asks visitors to throw rocks in a pile.
Palm Springs, California
An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.
Hemet, California
This mysterious petroglyph evokes the ancient swastika symbol but was later vandalized with the more troublesome Nazi one.
Banning, California
The biggest pinball arcade in the world has over 600 pinball machines, and 300 arcade machines.
Cabazon, California
The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.
Milan, Italy
This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.
San Diego, California
This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.
Tijuana, Mexico
Giant nude woman of Tijuana is also the artist's home.
Calipatria, California
A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.
Calipatria, California
Erroneously called the world's tallest flagpole, this landmark is devoted to "good neighborliness."
Mecca, California
World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.
San Luis Obispo, California
A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.
San Luis Obispo, California
A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.
San Luis Obispo, California
An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.
Cambria, California
Cambria's most unique B&B features creative surroundings and fantastic food.
Coalinga, California
A dwindling menagerie of anthropomorphic oil derrick animals still dot the barren California landscape.
Fresno, California
An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.
Three Rivers, California
These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.
Sequoia National Park, California
Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).