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Salton Sea History Museum
Permanently Closed

Mecca, California

Salton Sea History Museum

A museum dedicated to a sea that should have never been.

Pretty nice for an infrastructure accident!

Mecca, California

Salton Sea

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Bombay Beach, California. (Wikimedia Commons)

Bombay Beach, California

Bombay Beach

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

Entrance to East Jesus

Calipatria, California

Slab City

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

East Jesus

Niland, California

East Jesus

An off-grid art installation that encourages its visitors to imagine a world without waste.

Salvation Mountain

Calipatria, California

Salvation Mountain

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

Friendship Park.

San Diego, California

Friendship Park

Every weekend, people gather here for a brief chance to see their loved ones on the other side of the United States–Mexico border.

The Flower Fields

Carlsbad, California

The Flower Fields

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

Hotel del Coronado.

San Diego, California

Hotel del Coronado

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

The Statue "Unconditional Surrender" in front of the USS Midway

San Diego, California

Unconditional Surrender

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

Mission San Juan Capistrano

San Juan Capistrano, California

Mission San Juan Capistrano

Oldest building in California still in use.

The RMS Queen Mary in Long Beach Harbor.

Long Beach, California

RMS Queen Mary

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

End of the Trail

Santa Monica, California

Route 66 End of the Trail Sign

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

Downtown Tinseltown

Los Angeles, California

Hollywood Sign

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Map Rock.

Nampa, Idaho

Map Rock

A petroglyph map of the upper Snake River carved by prehistoric hunter-gatherers.

Cascading pools down to the river.

Swan Valley, Idaho

Fall Creek Falls

A creek tumbles over a series of step-like rocks to create this scenic water feature.

Vikingsholm Castle

South Lake Tahoe, California

Vikingsholm Castle

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

Back to the 80s Cafe
Permanently Closed

Rancho Cordova, California

Back to the 80s Cafe

This diner's a kitschy dreamland for anyone whose heart is stuck in the 1980s.

Golden Gate Park Bison

San Francisco, California

Golden Gate Park Bison

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

The gigantic Murphy Windmill

San Francisco, California

Murphy Windmill

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

The Walt Disney Family Museum

San Francisco, California

The Walt Disney Family Museum

Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.

Yoda Fountain

San Francisco, California

Yoda Fountain

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

A little gem awaits.

Bolinas, California

Alamere Falls

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

A thick fog engulfs the Point Reyes Lighthouse.

Inverness, California

Point Reyes Lighthouse

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

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