San Simeon, California
Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery
This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.
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San Simeon, California
This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.
Baker, California
This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.
Oakland, California
Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.
San Luis Obispo, California
An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.
Mountain View, California
From the Difference Engine to the Cray-1, all under one roof.
Solvang, California
Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.
Mecca, California
World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.
Riverside, California
Mexican food and folk art.
Sequoia National Park, California
Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).
Calipatria, California
This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.
Cabazon, California
The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.
San Francisco, California
A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.
Calipatria, California
A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.
Mecca, California
The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.
Wickenburg, Arizona
Opinions differ as to whether this Arizona tree was actually used as a Wild West jail, but that hasn't stopped the town from capitalizing on it.
Green Valley, Arizona
After a short-lived attempt to bring America in line with the rest of the world, this road was left in metric.
Lake Havasu City, Arizona
This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.
Kingman, Arizona
Don't blink or you'll miss it.
Tombstone, Arizona
An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.
Tombstone, Arizona
A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.
Flagstaff, Arizona
Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.
Seligman, Arizona
A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.
Benson, Arizona
What is the Thing?
Sedona, Arizona
A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.