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San Francisco, California

Leroy King Carousel

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.
Pasadena, California

California Cactus Center

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.
Felton, California

Bigfoot Discovery Museum

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.
Los Angeles, California

The Mar Vista Time Travel Mart

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.
Berkeley, California

East Bay Vivarium

An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.
Pioneertown, California

Pioneertown

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.
Pomona, California

The Southern California Medical Museum

A small medical museum with a recreated doctor's office.
Piercy, California

Confusion Hill

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.
Los Angeles, California

Screen Novelties

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.
Altadena, California

The Bunny Museum

"The Hoppiest Place in the World" holds the world’s largest collection of bunny memorabilia and is a singular testament of a couple's devotion to all things Leporidae.
Los Angeles, California

Pink's Hot Dogs

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.
Berkeley, California

Tail of the Yak

Handmade treasures from around the world.
Los Angeles, California

Evergreen Memorial Park & Crematory

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.
Carlsbad, California

The Flower Fields

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.
San Francisco, California

'Wood Line'

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.
Santa Monica, California

Jadis

Legendary prop shop filled with one man's collection of scientific curiosities.
Oakland, California

Lake Merritt's Bonsai Garden

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.
San Francisco, California

Japanese Tea Garden

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.
Los Angeles, California

Mosaic Tile House

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.
South San Francisco, California

Wind Harp

A large instrument played by the wind.
Borrego Springs, California

Galleta Meadows Estate

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.
San Francisco, California

Book Club of California

In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.
Sequoia National Park, California

General Sherman

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).
Leggett, California

Chandelier Tree

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.