San Quentin, California
San Quentin Prison Gift Shop
This infamous prison has a store where you can buy goods crafted by incarcerated people.
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San Quentin, California
This infamous prison has a store where you can buy goods crafted by incarcerated people.
Nice, California
An ever-updating collection of retro Americana.
Whitethorn, California
A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.
Fiddletown, California
An old-timey medicine shop that once served Chinese laborers during the Gold Rush is still open for business to this day.
Jackson, California
Visit a remnant California's Gold Rush, which locals claim is haunted by spirits from the past.
Volcano, California
Its dark depths conceal millions of rare, delicate crystal formations.
Big Trees, California
California's longest-running tourist attraction is a stump.
Murphys, California
A popular tourist cave with a dark past.
Fresno, California
An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.
Porterville, California
The Zalud family experienced a number of tragedies in one decade, giving rise to rumors that the 19th century house is haunted.
Earlimart, California
A ghost town originally established and governed solely by Black Americans seeking a place of their own, free from discrimination.
Santa Margarita, California
The oldest pictographs on this decorated rock formation in California's Carrizo Plain date back as many as 4,000 years.
Taft, California
Wander through desolate oil fields littered with rigs.
Pescadero, California
Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.
Santa Cruz, California
Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.
Aptos, California
At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.
Big Sur, California
It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
One poet's handmade, anachronistic home.
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
This cabin from the 1850s is one of the first structures built by Chinese immigrants in California.
Pacific Grove, California
Hopeless romantics will swoon over the sweet story behind this bright and colorful home.
San Francisco, California
Amazing meticulous gardens of personal wood carvings, Hydrangea, Canna, and many other flowers.
Daly City, California
Two pillars set 10 paces apart commemorate the "last notable American duel."
Santa Ynez, California
The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.
Livermore, California
The longest burning light bulb in the world.