San Francisco, California
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A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.
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San Francisco, California
A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.
Famagusta, Cyprus
A 1970s resort city now stands abandoned, caught in the middle of a divided island.
Big Bear Lake, California
A 57-foot stained-glass dome from a Parisian tango house now crowns a wine bar in the San Bernardino Mountains.
Yucca Valley, California
On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.
Cabazon, California
The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.
Palm Springs, California
Experience the glam side of air travel without leaving the ground at this speakeasy.
Santa Barbara, California
This house is a mosaic of tiled artwork sourced from local artists.
Santa Barbara, California
One incredible room in the Santa Barbara Courthouse is covered in wall-to-wall canvas murals.
Solvang, California
Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.
Lompoc, California
With its peeling paint and faded sign, this theater-turned-recycling plant is a nostalgic relic of 1950s Americana.
San Luis Obispo, California
A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.
Pacific Grove, California
Hopeless romantics will swoon over the sweet story behind this bright and colorful home.
Castroville, California
It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."
Holly Hill, Florida
What started as three small gnomes at the base of a tree has grown into a full-blown gnome home.
Pierson, Florida
This kitschy curio wonderland is full of fake animals, teak tables, and a cacophony of random bric-a-brac.
Waldo, Florida
North Central Florida's largest flea market and a weekend roadtripper's dream.
Leslie, Georgia
Oldest and rarest examples of telecommunication in the world.
Buena Vista, Georgia
This folk art compound was built by a fortune teller on the advice of three people from the future.
Ashburn, Georgia
A massive tribute to this small county's top agricultural product.
Montgomery, Alabama
A bronze sculpture of a white dove commissioned by Pope Benedict XVI.
Dothan, Alabama
This tiny, triangular block has held the world record since 1964.
Dothan, Alabama
Dothan, Alabama has been invaded by scores of anthropomorphic peanuts.
Abbeville, Alabama
The future civil rights leader grew up in this Alabama farmhouse.
Columbus, Georgia
A stockpile of childhood lunch pails turned collectibles.