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Big Sur, California

The Henry Miller Memorial Library

It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.
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Winnemucca, Nevada

Humboldt Museum

Local history museum with mammoth bones and an old myth about local giants
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San Francisco, California

Paxton Gate

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.
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San Francisco, California

Cayuga Park

Amazing meticulous gardens of personal wood carvings, Hydrangea, Canna, and many other flowers.
Berkeley, California

East Bay Vivarium

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

Centennial Bulb

The longest burning light bulb in the world.
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San Francisco, California

Musée Mécanique

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.
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San Francisco, California

The Wave Organ

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.
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Grass Valley, California

Kidder Mansion Site

An abandoned lot littered with concrete debris was once the home of the world's first female railroad president.
Rachel Added by Rachel
Auburn, California

The Statues of Ken Fox

Dentist's hated concrete colossi are now beloved icons of the community.
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Folsom, California

Mormon Island

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

Cathedral Building

The Flatiron Building's storied West Coast cousin is a lot more into religion.
Added by LaserGirl
Sacramento, California

Safetyville, USA

A working miniature city designed to teach kids about safety and presumably city planning.
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La Grande, Oregon

The Lodge at Hot Lake Springs

A haunted hot springs hotel that went from healing retreat to asylum before it was restored.
Added by sharn
Point Arena, California

Bowling Ball Beach

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.
Annetta Black Added by Annetta Black