San Francisco, California
Portrait of Emperor Norton
A mysterious painting of the self-declared Emperor of the United States watches over a local hof-brau.
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San Francisco, California
A mysterious painting of the self-declared Emperor of the United States watches over a local hof-brau.
Los Angeles, California
The last orange grove of the San Fernando Valley is owned and protected by CSU Northridge.
Pacifica, California
Abortion, prohibition, religion, war, and fear all play a part in the history of this idiosyncratic Pacifica castle.
Yucca Mesa, California
An artist's vision for connectivity spans seven continents and 16 countries.
Livermore, California
The longest burning light bulb in the world.
Pasadena, California
An airy would-be solution to a housing shortage.
Calistoga, California
This historic California cemetery holds the bodies of veterans of both the Civil War and the Donner Party.
Ventura, California
Rusty industrial city full of oxidized distillation towers.
Santa Rosa, California
340 bicycles, 65 feet high.
Los Angeles, California
First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.
Manhattan Beach, California
The sun acts as a key that only fits this giant keyhole twice a year.
Amboy, California
A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.
Huntington Park, California
Where religious effigies, magic soaps, and occult candles are brought to customers at wholesale prices.
La CaƱada Flintridge, California
NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.
Rancho Palos Verdes, California
A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.
San Diego County, California
The world's largest wooden trestle stretches across this desert canyon in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.
Oakland, California
A creepy steel gremlin has protected the Bay Bridge since 1989.
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.
San Francisco, California
Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.
Altadena, California
The cobbled together compound of a deceased artist which now serves as a filming location.
San Francisco, California
Art from the latest counter-culture; kids who dye their hair blue and believe the future will be a post-apocalyptic water world.
Berkeley, California
A private home built to resemble the shape of a microscopic creature.
Calistoga, California
California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.
Chatsworth, California
Abandoned anti-ballistic missile base.