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Crystal Falls, Michigan

Lake Ellen Kimberlite

Reason for Michigan's potential diamond mine.
Park Ridge, Illinois

American Science & Surplus

A science teacher's dream.
Xcalacoop, Mexico

Cenote Ik-Kil

A magical sinkhole on the Yucatán Peninsula is adorned with mini waterfalls and hanging vines.
Los Angeles, California

Templo Santa Muerte

A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.
San Francisco, California

Leroy King Carousel

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

Institute For Figuring

This hands-on math museum believes in turning concepts into constructs.
Oakland, California

Mazzariello Labyrinth

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.
Calistoga, California

Calistoga Petrified Forest

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.
Piercy, California

Confusion Hill

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

Fork in the Road

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.
Murphys, California

Mercer Caverns

A popular tourist cave with a dark past.
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.
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.
Fremont, California

Berkeley Mystery Walls

Neither Spanish settlers nor anyone since has been able to tell who built these strange California rock walls.
Trona, California

Trona Pinnacles

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.
San Francisco, California

450 Sutter Street

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.
Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles' Museum of Broken Relationships

Where the leftovers of love affairs can live on forever.
San Francisco, California

Aria Antiques

A whimsical antique shop with a strong air of mystery, filled with items from ages, and what feels like worlds, past.
San Francisco, California

Long Now Orrery

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.
Berkeley, California

Fairy Post Office

Travelers exchange letters with woodland creatures at this mini post office.
Ludlow, California

Ludlow

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.
Oro Grande, California

Elmer Long's Bottle Tree Ranch

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.
Byron, California

Byron Hot Springs Hotel

A ruined hotel with an unlucky history and an eerie present.
Napa, California

Monticello Dam Morning Glory Spillway

The largest drain hole in the world.