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Rare foggy day

Ojai, California

Piedra Blanca

Unusual white sandstone formations in the Los Padres National Forest.

Meet Last Chance Joe, a grizzled, 36-foot-high prospector figure that was abandoned by its owner, a Sparks, Nevada casino.

Sparks, Nevada

Last Chance Joe

The colossal cartoon man stands outside a Nevada museum.

Reagan

Sparks, Nevada

Scheels Sporting Goods

Curiously, this large sporting goods store features 14 wax representations of American presidents.

South of the Border

Hamer, South Carolina

South of the Border

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

Vera Cruz

Santa Barbara, California

Vera Cruz

This house is a mosaic of tiled artwork sourced from local artists.

Carpinteria Tar Pits.

Carpinteria, California

Carpinteria Tar Pits

Inky sludge oozes to the surface of this beach thanks to a rare natural tar seep.

Happy harbor seals lounge within the rookery.

Carpinteria, California

Carpinteria Harbor Seal Preserve

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

Pull up your anchor and pop a squat.

Ventura, California

S.S. Relief

Kayak out to a floating restroom.

Waves hitting scrap.

Oxnard, California

La Jenelle Park

Rusty pieces of metal jutting out of a breakwater are all that's visible of the 12,500-ton ocean liner that capsized just off the beach.

Horsetail Falls.

Yosemite National Park, California

Horsetail Fall's Firefall

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

Tufa tower on south shore of Mono Lake

Lee Vining, California

Mono Lake

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

The dome as seen from where the trail tops out on the tephra ring.

Lee Vining, California

Panum Crater

A volcanic cone that formed over 600 years ago.

Hot Creek Geological Site

Mono County, California

Hot Creek Geological Site

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

Methuselah Tree

Big Pine, California

Methuselah Tree

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

The original water tower and oil supply

Bishop, California

Laws Railroad Museum

The echoes of a railroad town that solemnly mark the end of the line.

Erick Schat's Bakkerÿ

Bishop, California

Erick Schat's Bakkerÿ

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

Greenfield Money Tree
Permanently Closed

Greenfield, Massachusetts

Greenfield Money Tree

Money may not grow on trees, but it can be dispensed by one.

Eunice Williams covered bridge

Greenfield, Massachusetts

Eunice Williams Covered Bridge

Locals say Williams' ghost still haunts the place where she was murdered.

A busy night at the drive-in!

Hinsdale, New Hampshire

Northfield Drive-In Theater

This New England drive-in was built to straddle the border between two states.

Blue Mustang

Denver, Colorado

Blue Mustang

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

9/10/2019

Los Angeles, California

Korean Bell of Friendship

This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

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."

Jockey's Ridge

Nags Head, North Carolina

Jockey's Ridge

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

A view of the Daily Planet Theater from W Jones St.

Raleigh, North Carolina

The Daily Planet Theater

This hollow steel globe is the second-largest in the world.

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