San Juan Capistrano, California
Mission San Juan Capistrano
Oldest building in California still in use.
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San Juan Capistrano, California
Oldest building in California still in use.
South Lake Tahoe, California
One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.
Bombay Beach, California
Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.
Santa Rosa, California
A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.
Fort Bragg, California
Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.
Yosemite National Park, California
The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.
California City, California
Abandoned hotel with adjacent lake and golf course.
Phillipsville, California
A crumbling wizard is one of the final reminders of a roadside Middle Earth.
Point Arena, California
The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.
San Simeon, California
The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.
Felton, California
This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.
Borrego Springs, California
Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.
Blythe, California
Ancient human, animal, and geometric figures drawn in the earth.
Yermo, California
A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.
San Francisco, California
This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.
Johannesburg, California
The liveliest ghost town in the state.
Eureka, California
Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.
California
The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.
Agua Dulce, California
Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.
Newberry Springs, California
The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.
Mono County, California
This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.
Leggett, California
This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.
Bridgeport, California
Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.
Big Pine, California
Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.