Mecca, California
International Banana Museum
World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.
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Mecca, California
World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.
Mecca, California
The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.
Bombay Beach, California
Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.
Niland, California
An off-grid art installation that encourages its visitors to imagine a world without waste.
Calipatria, California
This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.
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."
Calipatria, California
At this deceptively beautiful beach, nothing is what it seems.
Calipatria, California
Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.
Borrego Springs, California
A monument to a one-legged kidnapper, horse thief, and charlatan asks visitors to throw rocks in a pile.
Borrego Springs, California
Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.
San Diego, California
An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.
San Diego, California
An ode to the friendship between four Pacific Rim countries.
Manhattan Beach, California
The sun acts as a key that only fits this giant keyhole twice a year.
Rancho Palos Verdes, California
A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.
Los Angeles, California
Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.