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Farnam House, california

Santa Monica, California

Farnam House

On a quiet suburban street stands a peculiarly decorated house covered in mosaics.

End of the Trail

Santa Monica, California

Route 66 End of the Trail Sign

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

Knapp’s Castle
Permanently Closed

Santa Barbara, California

Knapp’s Castle

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

Concrete building at the abandoned Murphy Ranch.

Los Angeles, California

Rustic Canyon's Murphy Ranch

World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.

Old Trapper's Lodge Statues

Los Angeles, California

Old Trapper's Lodge Statues

A wild west scene starring life-sized wooden statues hides in the trees behind Pierce College.

Hidden Treasures

Topanga, California

Hidden Treasures

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

Giant Scissors
Permanently Closed

Los Angeles, California

Giant Scissors

Giant scissors seemingly stabbed into the side of a hair salon leave no question about the vocation of the owners.

clutters of Monarchs

Goleta, California

Goleta Monarch Butterfly Grove

A popular winter vacation destination for migrating monarch butterflies.

Malibu Hindu Temple

Calabasas, California

Malibu Hindu Temple

A glittering South Asian anomaly in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb.

Inside one of the unusual structures at Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village.

Simi Valley, California

Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village

An eccentric folk art landmark made out of discarded bottles by an inspired "grandma."

English Perennial and Rose Garden

Thousand Oaks, California

Gardens of the World

From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

Stagecoach Inn Museum

Newbury Park, California

Stagecoach Inn Museum

A basement full of treasures lies beneath this inn that has worn many hats throughout its 140+ years.

Scary Dairy Barn

Camarillo, California

Scary Dairy

Graffiti-covered ruins that were once part of a farm owned by a mental hospital.

Eggs imitate art.

Camarillo, California

Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology

Over one million bird-related artifacts await.

Ventura Oil Refinery. (tunnelbug/Flickr)
Permanently Closed

Ventura, California

Ventura Oil Refinery

Rusty industrial city full of oxidized distillation towers.

The Penny Bar
Permanently Closed

McKittrick, California

Penny Bar

Hidden in the back of a disused small town hotel is a dive bar shellacked with over a million pennies.

Forestiere Underground Gardens, Fresno, CA, 7/13/2019

Fresno, California

Forestiere Underground Gardens

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

Dining room at the Madonna Inn

San Luis Obispo, California

Madonna Inn

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery

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.

Bell at Mission Santa Inez

San Luis Obispo, California

The Bells of El Camino Real

A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."

Morro Rock

Morro Bay, California

Morro Rock

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

William Randolph Hearst's private castle.

San Simeon, California

Hearst Castle

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Nitt Witt Ridge
Permanently Closed

Cambria, California

Nitt Witt Ridge

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

Rolling hills surround the site.

Shandon, California

James Dean Memorial Junction

A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.

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