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I don't travel a ton, mostly day trips, but I like it to be interesting.

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Downtown Tinseltown

Los Angeles, California

Hollywood Sign

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Central display at the Garden of Oz

Los Angeles, California

Garden of Oz

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

Stone Gates of Hollywood

Los Angeles, California

Stone Gates of Hollywood

These two monoliths have stood at the entrance to the neighborhood since the days it was called "Hollywoodland."

The rotunda.

Los Angeles, California

'Four Great Eras of California History'

Inside this library, the history of Los Angeles is retold through a mural.

Jingles the carousel horse.

Anaheim, California

Jingles

The lead horse on a Disneyland merry-go-round that is older than the park itself.

Vending machine at Glaum Egg Ranch

Aptos, California

Egg Vending Machine at Glaum Ranch

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

The Henry Miller Memorial Library

Big Sur, California

The Henry Miller Memorial Library

It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.

Cold Spring Arch Bridge from Stagecoach Road

Santa Barbara, California

Cold Spring Canyon Arch Bridge

California's largest steel arch bridge.

Museum of Neon Art

Glendale, California

Museum of Neon Art

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

Riverside Roundabout

Los Angeles, California

Riverside Roundabout

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

John Muir Statue

Lemon Cove, California

John Muir Statue

This massive statue of John Muir on the side of a California highway was carved from a redwood tree.

Quarry Exhibit Hall

Jensen, Utah

Quarry Exhibit Hall

Inside this striking glass building, visitors can see thousands of dinosaur fossils in the positions that nature deposited them more than 150 million years ago.

Moe's Books

Berkeley, California

Moe's Books

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

Last Woolworth's Lunch Counter
Permanently Closed

Bakersfield, California

Last Woolworth's Lunch Counter

An antique store houses the last operational diner from the defunct department store chain.

The Iron Road Pioneers

San Luis Obispo, California

'The Iron Road Pioneers'

A simple statue outside a California Amtrak station honors the overlooked contributions of the "silent spikes."

Exterior of Bart's Books.

Ojai, California

Bart's Books

Explore more than 130,000 new and used books in the "world's largest outdoor bookstore."

Space Shuttle Endeavour at the California Science Center.

Los Angeles, California

Space Shuttle Endeavour

The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.

All that remians of the great Fleishhacker Pool

San Francisco, California

Fleishhacker Pool Ruins

Forgotten and then destroyed by fire, this was once one of the largest saltwater swimming pools in the world.

Well hello.

San Francisco, California

Doggie Diner Head

This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.

The Flintstone House

Hillsborough, California

The Flintstone House

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

The Statues of Ken Fox

Auburn, California

The Statues of Ken Fox

A dentist's hated concrete colossi are now beloved icons of the community.

The Original Home of A&W Root Beer

Lodi, California

The Original Home of A&W Root Beer

A plaque and memorabilia collection mark where A&W got its start.

Welcome to Rough and Ready!

Rough and Ready, California

Rough and Ready

The first U.S. town to secede from the Union, only to vote themselves right back in.

Grave - Green Wood Cemetery

Grass Valley, California

Home of Lola Montez

The modest home of the very immodest dancer who cost a king his crown.

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