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.
Los Angeles, California
A free library to stumble across, one of many placed worldwide if you know where to look.
Los Angeles, California
Historic house-museum dedicated to the revolutionary gay graphic artist Tom of Finland.
Mountain View, California
From the Difference Engine to the Cray-1, all under one roof.
Los Angeles, California
The illuminating collection of L.A. street lights is run by the city and only opens one day per month.
Sacramento, California
An eccentric home stands out in an otherwise average neighborhood with mosaics, mini topiaries, and kinetic sculpture.
Oakland, California
Collective dedicated to restoring steam engines.
Monterey, California
A tree grown from astronaut seeds which were exposed to cosmic rays.
Los Angeles, California
The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.
Los Angeles, California
Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.
Mountain View, California
One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.
Big Sur, California
It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.
Pescadero, California
Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.
Livermore, California
The longest burning light bulb in the world.
Los Angeles, California
The last orange grove of the San Fernando Valley is owned and protected by CSU Northridge.
Los Angeles, California
This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.
Grass Valley, California
The Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California."
Carlsbad, California
This large collection of tiny things revels in the art of fine machinery well made.
Culver City, California
A museum, art project, and institution that demands we look at the world around us in a strange new way.
Inverness, California
This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.
Los Angeles, California
Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.
Crestline, California
This temple, built by an eccentric religious leader before his death, sits guarded and in ruins.
La Cañada Flintridge, California
NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.
Los Angeles, California
Because there's no place like home.