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Kernersville, North Carolina

Körner’s Folly

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.
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Seabrook, South Carolina

Oyotunji African Village

North America's oldest authentic African Village.
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Savannah, Georgia

The Paris Market

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.
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Sacramento, California

Eagle Theatre

A replica of the first public theater built in California.
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Walnut Creek, California

The Eye of Diablo

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

Sutter Buttes

Rising out of miles of farmland, these buttes are sometimes called the world's smallest mountain range.
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Sacramento, California

Patty Reed's Doll

A tiny survivor of the Donner Party disaster.
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Folsom, California

Mormon Island

This former boomtown "island" is now submerged below Folsom Lake.
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Folsom, California

The Folsom Powerhouse

This 19th century hydroelectric powerhouse was the first of its kind.
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Davis, California

Bohart Museum of Entomology

This museum boasts the ninth-largest collection of insects in North America.
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Davis, California

Bats of Yolo Causeway

Each summer, the migratory bats living beneath the bypass form "batnadoes" at dusk.
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Sacramento, California

St. George Hotel Marker

Where the first "expert riders, willing to risk death daily" for the Pony Express were recruited.
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Palo Alto, California

Gates of Hell Sculpture

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.
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South San Francisco, California

Wind Harp

A large instrument played by the wind.
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Palo Alto, California

Arizona Cactus Garden

A hidden world of exotic succulents and cacti.
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