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This mountaintop beacon is only lit three times a year but shines like some kind of all-seeing eye.

This centuries-old pueblo church houses the body of a Franciscan friar who is said to be a rare "incorruptible" corpse.

A burnt-out motel with priceless Native American artwork in the basement, redeveloped into apartments.

This popular pilgrimage site offers a hole filled with holy healing dirt.

Neither Spanish settlers nor anyone since has been able to tell who built these strange California rock walls.

This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.