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Los Angeles, California
My Brother's Bar-B-Q Cow
A cow in the road might subvert the flow of traffic but this one's above it all, quite literally.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Sacramento, California
Sacramento's Original Street Level
The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.
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Placerville, California
Gothic Rose Antiques & Curiosities
Eclectic collection of dark and macabre antiques.
Fiddletown, California
Chew Kee Store
An old-timey medicine shop that once served Chinese laborers during the Gold Rush is still open for business to this day.
Ocotillo, California
Coyote's Flying Saucer Retrievals and Repairs
A UFO scrapyard in the California desert.
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Newport Beach, California
California's Coconut Palm
One of the only known surviving coconut palm trees in the entire state.
Santa Monica, California
Georgian Hotel
One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.
Santa Monica, California
The Galley
Santa Monica's oldest restaurant, decorated with set pieces from the Mutiny on the Bounty.
Los Angeles, California
Marciano Art Foundation
A long-vacant Scottish Rite temple in Hollywood has been converted into an art museum filled with Masonic relics.
Los Angeles, California
APEX Electronics
This stockpile of junked electronic and mechanical gadgets is a favorite among Hollywood prop masters.
Sausalito, California
Marin Headlands
Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.
South Pasadena, California
Cawston Ostrich Farm
The most popular attraction in Southern California was once a flock of ornery bipedal birds that pulled carts.
Costa Mesa, California
California Scenario
A small sculpture garden that provides a microcosmic representation of California.
Los Angeles, California
Historic Orange Grove
The last orange grove of the San Fernando Valley is owned and protected by CSU Northridge.
Sierra Madre, California
Sierra Madre Wistaria Vine
Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.
San Francisco, California
Site of the Niantic
Gold Rush ship-turned-hotel buried underneath San Francisco's financial district.
Folsom, California
Folsom Prison Museum
This museum looks at the history of one of America's most famous prisons and most beloved albums.
Inyo County, California
Artist's Drive
Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.
San Francisco, California
Maltese Falcon Alleyway
Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.
Newark, California
Salt Ponds of San Francisco Bay
From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.
Los Angeles, California
The Music Box Steps
The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.
Los Angeles, California
Walt Disney's Carolwood Barn
The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.
San Francisco, California
Golden Gate Park Druid Circles
The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.
Pasadena, California
California Cactus Center
A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.
