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The 10-foot-wide Long Beach home was built on a dare.

These two monoliths have stood at the entrance to the neighborhood since the days it was called "Hollywoodland."

“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

Originally the home of chewing gum mogul William Wrigely Jr, it is now the official offices of the Tournament of Roses.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

Whiskey lovers, this is your happy place.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.

Former 1954 Del Mar Train Station now serves signature cocktails and delightful culinary treats, and still operates as a Metro stop.

About 80% of all U.S. avocados are descendants of Rudolph Hass's glorious tree.

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

The largest Star Wars collection in the world is its own galaxy of collectibles.

A B&B on a Victorian lighthouse station in San Francisco Bay.

This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

A brooding mansion of clinker brick stands out among the Victorian houses of Pacific Heights.

This (occupied) house is 10 feet wide and full of spite.

The most isolated mailbox in America lets desert travelers record their passing.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

This infamous prison has a store where you can buy goods crafted by incarcerated people.

Because there's no place like home.