Baker, California
Mojave Megaphone
No one’s quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.
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Baker, California
No one’s quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.
Carpinteria, California
Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.
Oakland, California
The memorial to the victims of the Jonestown Massacre carries the names of 918 lost, including one name people wish wasn't there.
Benicia, California
The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.
Beverly Hills, California
An ultra-modern vista that has been featured in so many films the house is a celebrity in its own right.
Whitethorn, California
A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.
Panamint, California
The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.
Garden Grove, California
Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.
Inverness, California
The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.
Riverside, California
Mexican food and folk art.
San Jose, California
An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.
Truckee, California
The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.
Sequoia National Park, California
Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).
Pioneertown, California
A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.
Rancho Palos Verdes, California
A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.
Los Angeles, California
Space program, pneumatics and more, bits and pieces, for movie sets or the common man.
Salinas, California
Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.
Glendale, California
An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.
Grass Valley, California
The Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California."
Thousand Palms, California
Hike amid the palm trees that thrive among Southern California's Indio Hills.
Tustin, California
This enormous World War II relic is one of the largest wooden structures in the world.
Crestline, California
This temple, built by an eccentric religious leader before his death, sits guarded and in ruins.
Barstow, California
Nationwide network of co-ownership underground catastrophe shelters.
Mountain View, California
From the Difference Engine to the Cray-1, all under one roof.