Carlsbad, California
Craftsmanship Museum
This large collection of tiny things revels in the art of fine machinery well made.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Calipatria, California
Slab City
This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.
Calipatria, California
Salvation Mountain
A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.
Bombay Beach, California
Bombay Beach
Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.
Tehachapi, California
Tehachapi Wind Farm
Thousands of turbines whir at the origin of North American wind power.
San Diego, California
San Diego Museum of Us
An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.
Santa Monica, California
Jadis
Legendary prop shop filled with one man's collection of scientific curiosities.
Permanently Closed
Santa Maria, California
Betteravia Sugar Plant
Factory that once supported an entire company town of 350.
San Luis Obispo, California
Madonna Inn
A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.
San Luis Obispo, California
The Dorn Pyramid
A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.
Permanently Closed
Cambria, California
Nitt Witt Ridge
A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.
Palo Alto, California
Gates of Hell Sculpture
Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.
