Santa Barbara, California
Whale House
This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.
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Santa Barbara, California
This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.
Piercy, California
An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.
Sonoma, California
The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.
Los Angeles, California
The hotel room where Janis Joplin tragically died has now become a makeshift shrine to the singer.
San Francisco, California
The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.
Los Angeles, California
Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.
Oro Grande, California
Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.
San Jose, California
An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.
Rosamond, California
Exotic feline breeding compound and conservation center.
Eureka, California
Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.
Newport Beach, California
Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.
Yermo, California
A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.
Los Angeles, California
A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.
Santa Ynez, California
The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.
San Jose, California
San Francisco Bay's ghost town.
San Simeon, California
The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.
San Francisco, California
San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.
Santa Clarita, California
No matter what it might seem like on film, most scenes filmed on a plane are filmed at this LA studio.
Los Angeles, California
World's oldest operating science fiction and fantasy club, once home to Ray Bradbury and L. Ron Hubbard.
Newberry Springs, California
The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.
Silverado, California
The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.
Napa, California
The largest drain hole in the world.
Los Angeles, California
Small museum packed with artifacts recovered by the man rumored to be the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones.
Mount Baldy, California
Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.