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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.

Duck pond

Los Angeles, California

Historic Orange Grove

The last orange grove of the San Fernando Valley is owned and protected by CSU Northridge.

McCloskey Castle

Pacifica, California

McCloskey Castle

Abortion, prohibition, religion, war, and fear all play a part in the history of this idiosyncratic Pacifica castle.

A close-up aerial view.

Yucca Mesa, California

Rhythms of Life

An artist's vision for connectivity spans seven continents and 16 countries.

108 years and counting.

Livermore, California

Centennial Bulb

The longest burning light bulb in the world.

Bubble house designed by Wallace Neff

Pasadena, California

The Bubble House

An airy would-be solution to a housing shortage.

Pioneer Cemetery

Calistoga, California

Calistoga Pioneer Cemetery

This historic California cemetery holds the bodies of veterans of both the Civil War and the Donner Party.

Ventura Oil Refinery. (tunnelbug/Flickr)
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Ventura, California

Ventura Oil Refinery

Rusty industrial city full of oxidized distillation towers.

Cyclisk stretches 65 feet straight into the air

Santa Rosa, California

Cyclisk - Santa Rosa Monument

340 bicycles, 65 feet high.

Helios House

Los Angeles, California

Helios House

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

Light Gate

Manhattan Beach, California

Light Gate

The sun acts as a key that only fits this giant keyhole twice a year.

Female lion

Amboy, California

Guardian Lions of Route 66

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

Papa Legba greets all the customers at the entry way.

Huntington Park, California

Saydel Inc.

Where religious effigies, magic soaps, and occult candles are brought to customers at wholesale prices.

Mission Control Room at JPL

La CaƱada Flintridge, California

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.

Point Vicente Lighthouse

Rancho Palos Verdes, California

Point Vicente Lighthouse

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

The Goat Canyon Trestle

San Diego County, California

Goat Canyon Trestle

The world's largest wooden trestle stretches across this desert canyon in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.

The original Bay Bridge Troll

Oakland, California

Bay Bridge Troll

A creepy steel gremlin has protected the Bay Bridge since 1989.

Jonestown Memorial

Oakland, California

Jonestown Memorial

The memorial to the victims of the Jonestown Massacre carries the names of 918 lost, including one name people wish wasn't there.

Balmy Alley

San Francisco, California

Balmy Alley Murals

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

The Zorthian Ranch

Altadena, California

Zorthian Ranch

The cobbled together compound of a deceased artist which now serves as a filming location.

(Flickr/Uptown Almanac)
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San Francisco, California

The First Sea-Punk Mural

Art from the latest counter-culture; kids who dye their hair blue and believe the future will be a post-apocalyptic water world.

Fish Shaped House

Berkeley, California

Fish Shaped House

A private home built to resemble the shape of a microscopic creature.

California's Old Faithful.

Calistoga, California

California's Old Faithful

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

This is the right side of the complex. From here you can see one of the few remaining structures and for some reason a city bus.

Chatsworth, California

LA-88 Nike Missile Site

Abandoned anti-ballistic missile base.

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