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Santa Cruz, California

Santa Cruz Surfing Museum

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.
Added by Cosmic Joke
Savannah, Georgia

The Bonaventure Jogger

An eerie smiling woman looms above the granite tombstones.
ddmaxfield Added by ddmaxfield
San Francisco, California

Palace of Fine Arts

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.
Annetta Black Added by Annetta Black
Ensenada, Mexico

La Bufadora

Legend says one of the world's largest marine geysers is actually a whale that got wedged within the rocks.
KenJ Added by KenJ
Savannah, Georgia

The Marshall House

An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.
Added by taylsliotta
Encinitas, California

Encinitas Boat Houses

These unusual houses look like giant boats that washed ashore on a residential street.
jondi letnap Added by jondi letnap
Salt Lake City, Utah

Saltair

The location along the shores of the Great Salt Lake of what was once called, "The Coney Island of the West", now sits barren due to arson and time.
Added by zackofalltrades
San Jose, California

The Winchester Mystery House

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Added by mbison
San Francisco, California

San Francisco's Cable Car Museum

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.
Shalaco Added by Shalaco
San Francisco, California

Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Company

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.
lukefater Added by lukefater
San Francisco, California

Musée Mécanique

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

The Wave Organ

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.
Added by mbison
Fort Bragg, California

Glass Beach

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.
Kringle Added by Kringle
Sea Ranch, California

Sea Ranch Chapel

This whimsical seashell-shaped place of worship was designed to blend into its surroundings.
hrnick Added by hrnick
Ione, California

Preston Castle

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.
leiris Added by leiris
Walnut Grove, California

Locke Historic District

The only standing town in the United States that early Chinese Americans built for themselves.
Added by mariaedible
Sacramento, California

Patty Reed's Doll

A tiny survivor of the Donner Party disaster.
Annetta Black Added by Annetta Black
Sacramento, California

Sacramento Old City Cemetery

The capitol city's oldest existing cemetery.
cellogrl Added by cellogrl
Sacramento, California

Eagle Theatre

A replica of the first public theater built in California.
Dr Alan P Newman Added by Dr Alan P Newman
West Sacramento, California

I Street Bridge

I Street Bridge is the heaviest swinging center bridge in the United States.
dapauls Added by dapauls
Sacramento, California

Sacramento Locomotive Works

This 19th century train workshop is a treasure trove of railroad history.
Dr Alan P Newman Added by Dr Alan P Newman
Sacramento, California

Sacramento's Original Street Level

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.
Dr Alan P Newman Added by Dr Alan P Newman
Sacramento, California

St. George Hotel Marker

Where the first "expert riders, willing to risk death daily" for the Pony Express were recruited.
Dr Alan P Newman Added by Dr Alan P Newman
Sacramento, California

Tower Bridge

Art Deco stylings conceal the true nature of this bridge.
Added by Jeremy D