California
Find California travel tips , floor , maps , picture and news for strange tourist attraction and mass .
New Report
Shrine Drive-Thru Tree
Myers Flat , California
One of California ‘s original drive-thru tree attractions be along the Avenue of the Giants .
Wigwam Village Motel No . 7
San Bernardino , California
Sleep in concrete teepees at one of the few remaining wigwam motels . Right on Route 66 .
La Brea Tar Pits
Los Angeles , California
Indoor and outdoor displays of prehistoric animals trapped in tar bubbling out of the land east of Beverly Hills .
Shrine Drive-Thru Tree
One of California ‘s original drive-thru tree attraction is along the Avenue of the Giants .
Wigwam Village Motel No . 7
Sleep in concrete teepees at one of the few remain wigwam motels . Right on Route 66 .
La Brea Tar Pits
Indoor and outside displays of prehistoric animal trapped in tar bubble out of the earth east of Beverly Hills .
Sights for Oddball Excursions
Queen Califia ‘s Magical Circle Garden
Escondido , California
Colored fantasy sculpture world of tiles and serpent . Massive work by sculptor and painter Niki de Saint Phalle .
Official Center of the World
Felicity , California
Mayor Istel built his town flavor over the Center of the World , site of a pyramid , church and globe story in granite .
-
In the Box Tour : Battles in Fake Iraq
Fort Irwin , California
Fake Iraq and Afghan villages work up for Army training employ actor-citizens and guerrilla . Special approach tours .
Trees of Mystery : Giant Bunyan and Babe
Klamath , California
Giant statues guard the entrance to classic Trees of Mystery , total of redwoods , corkscrew mutants and arboreal anomalies .
Chandelier Drive-Thru Tree
Leggett , California
Drive-thru tree . The revulsion ! The Wonder ! Hither ‘s an Avenue of the Giants favorite .
Simon Rodia ‘s Watts Towers
Los Angeles , California
An oft analyzed and revered massive junk art structure of tall spire by outsider artist Sabato Simon “ Sam ” Rodia , build from 1922 to 1954 .
Salvation Great deal
Niland , California
The former outsider artist Leonard Knight paint huge , divinely inspired vision on a desert scandal ridge he called Salvation Mountain .
Ken Fox ‘s Great Statues of Auburn
Auburn , California
Concrete colossi build up by Auburn dentist-sculptor Ken Fox .
Beasts of Borrego Springs
Borrego Springs , California
Desert sculpture veranda of dinosaurs , prehistoric mammal , and at least one sea fiend , sprinkle over three square miles .
Claude Bell ‘s Dinosaurs
Cabazon , California
Over-photographed desert dinosaurs , immortalized in Pee Wee ‘s Bad Adventure . Build by Claude Bell , who ran the Wheel Inn on I-10 .
Museum of Jurassic Technology
Culver City , California
A collection both mysterious and illuminating , dedicated to raising public appreciation of the Lower Jurassic .
Unarius Academy of Science
El Cajon , California
Headquarters of the Unarians , firm believers that 33 city-ships of the galactic Federation would get on Earth in 2001 ( they did n’t ) .
Jelly Belly Factory Tour and Museum
Fairfield , California
The mill that makes the jelly beans that a President once made noted .
Bigfoot Discovery Museum
Felton , California
The hairy biped , spotted between surfing beaches and Silicon Valley .
Pee Wee Golf
Guerneville , California
The 36-hole track opened in 1948 may live the birthplace of Odd Golf Sculpture .
Big Mike the Muffler Man
Hayward , California
1960s vintage fiberglass Bunyan statue spent career in movement of Hayward occupation before go down at a plastics fabrication business .
Museum of Death
Hollywood , California
Grisly cavort through funeral custom , celebrity murders , freak animals , and art of the sentence .
Point Reyes Lighthouse : The Fog
Inverness , California
300+ measure down to 1870 lighthouse at the cold , windy , foggy western reaches of Point Reyes National Seashore .
Noah Purifoy Outdoor Museum
Joshua Tree , California
Purifoy produce over 100 cryptic sculptures around his desert trailer from 1989 until his death in 2004 .
Tour-Thru Tree
Klamath , California
A living 800-year-old redwood you can drive thru for a few bucks .
Drive-Thru Donut : The Donut Hole
La Puente , California
A doughnut shop sandwiched between two giant doughnuts is the very definition of the drive-thru attraction .
Nike Missile Site SF-88L
Mill Valley , California
NPS conducts tour through unusually well-preserved Cold War facility , build to arouse ultrasonic missiles at approaching Soviet bombers .
Battery Townsley
Mill Valley , California
World War II era coast artillery bunker restored and open once a month for circuit . Big gun , nuclear pressure trial , former teen burner hangout .
Columbia , Challenger , and Criswell in Valhalla
North Hollywood , California
Portal of the Folded Wing , space shuttle monument , and remains of the Amazing Criswell .
Champions For Humanity : Mount Rushmore of California
Oakland , California
Giant bronze head of 25 “ champions ” of peace and persistency display sculptural solidarity in a park plaza .
Queen Califia ‘s Magical Circle Garden
Colorful fantasy sculpture world of tiles and serpents . Massive work by sculptor and painter Niki de Saint Phalle .
Official Center of the World
Mayor Istel built his town smack over the Center of the World , site of a pyramid , church and world history in granite .
In the Box Tour : Fight in Fake Iraq
Fake Iraq and Afghan villages build up for Army train employ actor-citizens and guerrilla . Special approach tours .
Tree of Mystery : Giant Bunyan and Babe
Giant statues guard the entrance to classic Trees of Mystery , total of redwoods , corkscrew mutants and arboreal anomalies .
Chandelier Drive-Thru Tree
Drive-thru trees . The revulsion ! The Curiosity ! Hither ‘s an Avenue of the Giants darling .
Simon Rodia ‘s Watts Towers
An oft analyzed and worship monumental dust art structure of tall steeple by outsider artist Sabato Simon “ Sam ” Rodia , built from 1922 to 1954 .
Salvation Mountain
The former outsider artist Leonard Knight paint vast , divinely inspired visions on a desert dirt ridge he called Salvation Mountain .
Ken Fox ‘s Great Statues of Auburn
Concrete colossi built by Auburn dentist-sculptor Ken Fox .
Beasts of Borrego Springs
Desert sculpture gallery of dinosaurs , prehistoric mammals , and at least one sea monster , scatter over three square mile .
Claude Bell ‘s Dinosaurs
Over-photographed desert dinosaurs , immortalized in Pee Wee ‘s Bad Adventure . Built by Claude Bell , who ran the Wheel Inn on I-10 .
Museum of Jurassic Technology
A collection both mysterious and illuminating , dedicate to raising public appreciation of the Lower Jurassic .
Unarius Academy of Science
Headquarters of the Unarians , firm believers that 33 city-ships of the galactic Federation would come on Ground in 2001 ( they behave n’t ) .
Jelly Belly Factory Tour and Museum
The mill that make the jelly beans that a President once made famous .
Bigfoot Discovery Museum
The hairy biped , spotted between surfing beach and Silicon Valley .
Pee Wee Golf
The 36-hole line open in 1948 may be the birthplace of Odd Golf Sculpture .
Big Mike the Muffler Human
1960s vintage fiberglass Bunyan statue spent career in presence of Hayward businesses before resolve at a plastics assembly occupation .
Museum of Death
Grisly cavort through funeral customs , celebrity murder , freak animal , and art of the condemned .
Point Reyes Lighthouse : The Fog
300+ step down to 1870 lighthouse at the cold , windy , blurred western reaches of Point Reyes National Seashore .
Noah Purifoy Outdoor Museum
Purifoy make over 100 cryptic sculpture around his desert trailer from 1989 until his end in 2004 .
Tour-Thru Tree
A living 800-year-old redwood you can drive thru for a few dollar .
Drive-Thru Donut : The Donut Hole
A doughnut store sandwiched between two giant doughnuts is the very definition of the drive-thru attraction .
Nike Missile Site SF-88L
NPS conducts tours through remarkably well-preserved Cold War facility , build to provoke ultrasonic missile at approaching Soviet bombers .
Battery Townsley
World War II epoch coast artillery bunker restored and exposed once a month for circuit . Big gunman , nuclear pressure tests , early teen burner hangout .
Columbia , Challenger , and Criswell in Valhalla
Portal of the Folded Wing , space shuttle memorial , and remains of the Amazing Criswell .
Champions For Humanity : Mount Rushmore of California
Giant bronze mind of 25 “ champion ” of peace and persistency display sculptural solidarity in a park plaza .
Trunkations
Roadside America ‘s blog , offering word , rants and ruminations on the state of California
Roadside America ‘s blog , extend tidings , rants and ruminations on the nation of California
Offbeat Landmarks and Oddities
Choice field reports and top . Or check out : Utter list of California attraction .
- Adelanto: Miraculous Giant Healing Buddhist Statue[ top ]
- Aguanga: Metal Sculptures of Ricardo Breceda
- Alameda: Carrier USS Hornet , Prints of Moon Men
- Alpine: Dead Dolly Lane[ tips ]
- Amboy: Roy ‘s Cafe Motel : Famous Sign[ tips ]
- Antioch: Statue of the Cannery Lady[ point ]
- Apple Valley: Trigger , Roy Rogers ‘ Horse Statue[ top ]
- Aptos: Egg Machine with Robot Chickens[ tips ]
- Atwater: Castle Air Museum : Parking Lot Jets[ tips ]
- Auburn: Ken Fox ‘s Great Statues of Auburn
- Auburn: The Coolie – Ken Fox Statue
- Avalon: Statue of Old Ben , Hungry Sea Lion[ point ]
- Baker: World ‘s Tallest Thermometer
- Baker: Stranger Fresh Jerky[ crest ]
- Bakersfield: Large Shoe Repair – Shoe-shaped Building
- Bakersfield: Muffler Man : Indian Warrior[ tip ]
- Bakersfield: Merle Haggard ‘s Boxcar Home , Black Gold Oil Display[ top ]
- Baldwin Park: Replica of the First In-N-Out Burger
- Barstow: Road 66 Mother Road Museum[ tip ]
- Barstow: Giant Fire Helmet
- Bellflower: Big Doughnut in Bagel Disguise[ tips ]
- Bellflower: TV ‘s Emergency ! Firetrucks[ tips ]
- Bad Bear Lake: Time Bandits Movie Pirate Ship[ tips ]
- Bishop: Ghost Town and Freak Lamb[ top ]
- Bodie: Bodie State Historic Park – Ghost Town[ tips ]
- Bombay Beach: Bombay Beach : Odd Art[ tip ]
- Bonita: Glarfs : Folk Art Dinosaurs[ point ]
- Boonville: Where People Speak Boontling[ crest ]
- Boron: Borax Visitor Center
- Boron: Twenty Mule Team Museum
- Borrego Leap: Beasts of Borrego Springs
- Buellton: Mendenhall ‘s Museum of Gas Pumps and Petroliana[ tips ]
- Buena Park: Independence Hall Replica[ tips ]
- Burbank: Batman Statue[ point ]
- Cabazon: Claude Bell ‘s Dinosaurs
- Calabasas: Los Angeles Pet Memorial Park
- Calistoga: Old Faithful Geyser of California
- Cambria: Nitt Witt Ridge
- Campbell: Delta Queen Car Wash
- Cardiff-by-the-Sea: Cardiff Kook Surfer Statue[ tip ]
- Carlsbad: Legoland[ tips ]
- Carlsbad: Craftsmanship Museum : Tiny Machines
- Cassel: Large Junk Art Sculptures[ tips ]
- Castroville: Giant Artichoke
- Chino Hills: Ancient Egypt Temple in Shopping Plaza[ point ]
- Chiriaco Summit: General Patton Memorial Museum
- Cholame: James Dean Memorial[ tips ]
- Coalinga: Restored 1934 Richfield Gas Station[ top ]
- Coalinga: Prehistoric Snail , Earthquake , Town History
- Colma: Emperor Norton Grave[ crest ]
- Colma: Circus Showfolks of America Memorial
- Coloma: Towering Grave of California ‘s Gold Discoverer
- Compton: Big Doughnut – Dale ‘s Donuts[ tip ]
- Costa Mesa: 25-Foot-High Doughnut[ tips ]
- Costa Mesa: Hitler ‘s Car[ tips ]
- Cotati: Accordion Master of Cotati
- Crockett: Crockett Account : Sugar , Sturgeon , Switchboard
- Culver City: Museum of Jurassic Technology
- Culver City: Holy Cross Cemetery – Graves of the Stars[ point ]
- Culver City: Cold War : The Wende Museum
- Culver City: Al Jolson ‘s Flashy Tomb
- Davis: Toad Hollow – Burrow for Toad Traffic
- Davis: Bookhead
- Death Valley: Scotty ‘s Castle[ tips ]
- Death Valley Junction: Amargosa Opera House[ crest ]
- Death Valley National Park: Uhehebe Crater : Volcano !
- Desert Hot Springs: Cabot ‘s Old Indian Pueblo Museum
- Downey: Universe ‘s Oldest Operating McDonald ‘s[ tips ]
- Downieville: California ‘s Only Public Gallows
- East Los Angeles: Giant Aluminum Can Man[ tips ]
- El Cajon: Unarius Academy of Science
- El Cajon: Giant Mary and Toddler Jesus
- El Monte: Statue of Liberty Replica[ tips ]
- Encinitas: Surfing Madonna
- Encinitas: Neptune ‘s Portal
- Escondido: Lawrence Welk Statue and Museum
- Escondido: Joor Man : Muffler Man
- Escondido: Queen Califia ‘s Magical Circle Garden
- Escondido: Deer Park Winery and Auto Museum[ tips ]
- Fairfax: Museum of Bicycling[ point ]
- Fairfield: Jelly Belly Factory Tour and Museum
- Felicity: Official Center of the World
- Felton: Bigfoot Discovery Museum
- Felton: Redwood Cross-Section of Time
- Fish Camp: California Tunnel Tree[ top ]
- Folsom: Folsom Prison Museum
- Forestville: Muffler Man – Bunyan[ tips ]
- Fort Bragg: Triangle Tattoo Museum[ tips ]
- Fort Irwin: Paint Rocks – Military Boulders[ crest ]
- Fort Irwin: Hi Jolly Exhibit and Human Leg Bone
- Fort Irwin: In the Box Tour : Battles in Fake Iraq
- Fortuna: Chapman ‘s Gem and Mineral Museum
- Fremont: Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum[ tips ]
- Fresno: Forestiere Underground Gardens[ top ]
- Fresno: Someone Consoling Japanese Internment Tower[ tips ]
- Gardena: Big Doughnut , Donut King II[ tips ]
- Geyserville: Isis Oasis Temple
- Geyserville: Coppola Winery Movie Museum
- Gilroy: Circus Trees at Gilroy Gardens
- Glen Ellen: Jack London ‘s Grave , Wolf House Ruins
- Glendale: Big Gold Mall Statue of D-Day Dead
- Glendale: Museum of Neon Art[ tips ]
- Glendale: Stain Glass Last Supper[ top ]
- Glendora: Rubel Castle
- Guadalupe: DeMille ‘s 10 Commandments Forget Hither[ tips ]
- Guerneville: Pee Wee Golf
- Half Moon Bay: Pumpkin Farm , Labyrinth , Gladiator Battles[ top ]
- Half Moon Bay: English Pub With Double Decker Bus , Giant Pumpkin
- Happy Camp: Surreal Scrap Metal Bigfoot[ point ]
- Hat Creek: Big Roy , Muffler Man[ tips ]
- Hawthorne: SpaceX Dragon Rocket Monument
- Hayward: Big Mike the Muffler Human
- Hayward: Muffler Human : Happy Halfwit Hollywood
- Hayward: Wagon Ho Pioneer Giant
- Hayward: Big Don : Cowboy Muffler Man
- Hayward: Muffler Man – Paul Bunyan No . 2
- Hayward: Doggie Diner Heads[ point ]
- Hayward: Firefighter Giant – Muffler Human[ tips ]
- Healdsburg: 26-Foot-Tall Coyote
- Healdsburg: Lord Snort : Giant Boar of Junk[ top ]
- Hollywood: Hollywood Forever Cemetery
- Hollywood: Museum of Death
- Hollywood: RockWalk – Handprints Of Rockers
- Hollywood: Johnny Ramone Grave[ crest ]
- Hollywood: Atlas Missile Grave Marker
- Hollywood: Hollywood Museum
- Hollywood: Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Huntington Beach: International Surfing Museum : World ‘s Largest Surfboard
- Huntington Beach: Statue Of Old Sarge – Dog Hero of World War II[ crest ]
- Indio: Shields Date Garden : Date Capital of the World[ tips ]
- Inglewood: Big Doughnut , Randy ‘s Donuts
- Inverness: Point Reyes Lighthouse : The Fog
- Jacumba: Desert View Tower
- Joshua Tree: Beauty Bubble Salon and Museum
- Joshua Tree: Noah Purifoy Outdoor Museum
- Joshua Tree: Large Josh : Cowboy Muffler Man[ top ]
- Julian: Eagle Gold Mine Tour
- Keene: Grave of Cesar Chavez[ tips ]
- Kettleman City: Bravo Land
- Klamath: Trees of Mystery : Giant Bunyan and Babe
- Klamath: Tour-Thru Tree
- Klamath: Radar Station B-71 : Farmhouse Disguise
- La Jolla: Talent Shop Built Over a Sea Cave[ tips ]
- La Jolla: House Teetering on Edge of Roof
- La Jolla: The Scripps Turd[ tips ]
- La Jolla: Giant Snake Mosaic Walkway
- La Jolla: Teddy Bear Made of Boulders[ tips ]
- La Puente: Drive-Thru Donut : The Donut Hole
- Lafayette: Hill Of Crosses – Iraq War Dead Soldiers
- Lake Balboa: Valley Relics Museum[ tip ]
- Lake Hughes: Quail Run Ostrich Ranch[ tips ]
- Lancaster: The Musical Road[ tips ]
- Landers: The Integratron[ point ]
- Landers: Giant Rock[ tips ]
- Lathrop: Crashed UFO at the Grocery Store
- Lee Vining: Upside Down House[ point ]
- Leggett: Chandelier Drive-Thru Tree
- Lemon Grove: Earth ‘s Largest Lemon
- Lemoore: Giant Transformer Robot[ tip ]
- Lemoore: Creepy Farm People Dummies[ tips ]
- Livermore: Longest Continuously Burn Light Bulb
- Livermore: Rodeo Muffler Man[ crest ]
- Lodi: A & W Burger Family[ tips ]
- Lone Pine: Nightmare Rock[ crest ]
- Lone Pine: Movie Road[ tips ]
- Lone Pine: Lone Pine Film History Museum[ crest ]
- Long Beach: Queen Mary
- Long Beach: Giant Lincoln Penny
- Los Angeles: 50-Foot-Long Woman with Visible Organs
- Los Angeles: Academy Museum of Motion Pictures[ tips ]
- Los Angeles: Simon Rodia ‘s Watts Towers
- Los Angeles: Bronson Caves – Batman ‘s Bat Cave[ point ]
- Los Angeles: Muffler Man – Sergio[ tips ]
- Los Angeles: Chicken Boy : Muffler Man
- Los Angeles: La Brea Tar Pits
- Los Angeles: Giant Italian Chair[ tips ]
- Los Angeles: Urban Light – 202 Lit Lampposts
- Los Angeles: Mount Wilson Observatory[ tips ]
- Los Angeles: Cosmos-Themed Encounter Lounge[ point ]
- Los Angeles: The L. Ron Hubbard Life Exhibition[ tips ]
- Los Angeles: Statue of Businessman With Head Stuck In Building[ crest ]
- Los Angeles: Petersen Auto Museum[ point ]
- Los Angeles: Buried Face-Down Above Marilyn Monroe[ tips ]
- Los Angeles: Garden of Oz[ tips ]
- Los Angeles: Angel Flight : World ‘s Shortest Railroad
- Los Angeles: LA-96C Nike Missile Site[ tip ]
- Los Angeles: Forest Lawn Graveyard : Most Patriotic Place in LA
- Los Angeles: LAPD Museum
- Los Angeles: Pierce Brothers Westwood Memorial Park[ tips ]
- Los Angeles: Hollywood Sign[ point ]
- Los Angeles: Big Bronze Bruce Lee
- Los Angeles: Funko Hollywood
- Los Angeles: Shadow Gloria at Randyland LA[ tip ]
- Los Angeles: Diorama Museum of Bhagavad-gita[ point ]
- Malibu: Salsa Muffler Human
- Malibu: Big Red : Hammer Head
- Marysville: Museum of the Forgotten Warrior[ crest ]
- Mentone: Muffler Man – Paul Bunyan[ tips ]
- Mill Valley: Nike Missile Site SF-88L
- Mill Valley: Redwood Cross-Section of Time
- Mill Valley: Battery Townsley
- Mountain View: Computer History Museum[ crest ]
- Myers Level: Shrine Drive-Thru Tree
- Napa: Portal to Hell : Monticello Dam Drain[ tips ]
- Napa: Napa Toy Museum
- Newhall: Horse Drawn Hearse Under Glass[ point ]
- Newport Beach: Bunnyhenge[ tips ]
- Niland: Salvation Mountain
- Niland: Slab City[ point ]
- Niland: East Jesus[ point ]
- Norco: Pumpkin Rock[ top ]
- North Fork: Stand on the Exact Center of California[ tips ]
- North Hollywood: Television Hall of Fame
- North Hollywood: Portal of the Folded Wings , Space Shuttle Memorial
- North Hollywood: Columbia , Challenger , and Criswell in Valhalla
- Norwalk: Miniature Golf – Karate Kid[ tip ]
- Novato: Olompali : Miwoks , Chosen Family , Grateful Dead
- Oakland: Champion For Humanity : Mount Rushmore of California
- Ocotillo: Coyote ‘s Wing Saucer Retrievals and Repairs
- Olancha: Olancha Sculpture Garden[ tips ]
- Oro Grande: Elmer Long ‘s Bottle Tree Ranch
- Oroville: Bolt ‘s Antique Tool Museum
- Pacific Grove: Sandy The Gray Whale[ tip ]
- Pacific Grove: P.G . Butterfly House
- Pacific Grove: Tree Carved Octopus Attacking Ship
- Pacifica: Sam ‘s Castle[ point ]
- Palm Springs: Giant Marilyn Monroe
- Palm Springs: RoboLights Sculpture Garden[ tips ]
- Palm Springs: Medal Springs Air Museum : Darkstar[ tips ]
- Palmdale: Blackbird Park – Spy Plane Hometown[ tips ]
- Palmdale: R. Lee Ermey Musical Road[ crest ]
- Palo Alto: Torso of Urban Myth[ tip ]
- Palo Alto: Naked Running Car Statue[ tip ]
- Palo Alto: Statue of Nikola Tesla[ crest ]
- Pasadena: Giant Fork
- Pearsonville: Uniroyal Gal[ tips ]
- Petaluma: Rancho Obi-Wan[ tips ]
- Phillipsville: Chimney Tree , Old Hobbiton USA
- Piercy: Confusion Hill
- Placerville: Hanged Dummy at Hangman ‘s Tree[ top ]
- Point Reyes Station: 1906 Earthquake Trail
- Ranchita: Rancheti the Yeti[ tip ]
- Redcrest: The Eternal Tree House
- Redwood City: Pulgas Water Temple
- Richmond: Rosie the Riveter Visitor Center
- Rio Vista: Foster ‘s Bighorn – 300 Heads
- Riverside: Vietnam War Dog Memorial
- Riverside: Sanchez ‘s Beer Bottle Chapel , Folk Art[ tips ]
- Riverside: Hand-Made Dinosaurs[ tips ]
- Sacramento: Alien Tourist Trailer
- Sacramento: One-Log Kevin Costner
- Sacramento: Pancake Circus : Clown-Themed[ crest ]
- Salinas: Giant Roadside Art of John Cerney[ tips ]
- San Anselmo: Indiana Jones and Yoda Statues
- San Bernardino: Wigwam Village Motel No . 7
- San Bernardino: First Original McDonald ‘s Museum
- San Carlos: Hiller Aviation Museum[ tip ]
- San Diego: Air and Space Museum : Nazi Flying Wing , Apollo 9 Capsule[ tips ]
- San Diego: Embracing Peace Statue
- San Diego: San Diego Police Museum[ tips ]
- San Diego: Our Lady of Shoe
- San Diego: A National Salute to Bob Hope and the Military
- San Diego: Chairman Museum in a High School[ tips ]
- San Diego: Model Railroad : World ‘s Largest ?[ tips ]
- San Diego: Louie Mattar ‘s Fabulous $ 75,000 Cadillac
- San Diego: Sir Wafflelot[ tips ]
- San Francisco: Doggie Diner Heads
- San Francisco: Wave Organ
- San Francisco: Musee Mecanique
- San Francisco: Cupid ‘s Span[ top ]
- San Francisco: St. Francis Made of Melted Guns
- San Francisco: Tonga Way
- San Francisco: Paxton Gate – Taxidermy Art
- San Francisco: Stooped Street in the World
- San Francisco: Famous Lounging Sea Lions
- San Francisco: Sutro Baths Ruins and Cave
- San Francisco: USS Pampanito Submarine Museum
- San Francisco: Albino Alligator
- San Francisco: Urge – Robot Mimics You
- San Francisco: Comic Rockstars Toilet Seat Museum[ tips ]
- San Francisco: Ripley ‘s Believe It Or Not ! Odditorium
- San Francisco: Cement Slides[ tips ]
- San Francisco: Real Crookedest Street in San Francisco
- San Francisco: Beach Chalet : WPA Frescos , Undersea Stairs
- San Francisco: 826 Valencia : Pirate Supply Store[ tips ]
- San Francisco: Ceramic Congregation : Internet Archive
- San Francisco: Madame Tussauds
- San Francisco: Japanese Tea Garden[ crest ]
- San Francisco: R-Evolution : Nude Giant[ crest ]
- San Gabriel: Monster Park[ tips ]
- San Jose: Winchester Mystery House
- San Jose: Babe the Muffler Human
- San Jose: Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum[ tip ]
- San Jose: Olympic Black Power Statue
- San Leandro: 55-Foot-Tall Nude Woman[ tips ]
- San Luis Obispo: Bubble Gum Alley[ point ]
- San Luis Obispo: Madonna Inn[ tips ]
- San Pedro: Battleship and Barbershop of Presidents
- San Pedro: SS Poseidon Model[ top ]
- San Quentin: San Quentin Prison Gift Shop ( and Museum )[ tips ]
- San Rafael: Museum of International Propaganda
- San Simeon: Hearst ‘s Xanadu[ tips ]
- San Simeon: Look on the Elephant Seal[ tip ]
- Santa Clara: 32-Foot-Tall Steel Mary[ tips ]
- Santa Clara: Intel Museum
- Santa Clarita: Star Trek Gorn Battle Rocks – Vasquez Rocks[ point ]
- Santa Cruz: Santa Cruz Mystery Spot
- Santa Cruz: Blue Whale Skeleton[ tips ]
- Santa Fe Springs: Oxman ‘s Surplus Museum
- Santa Monica: Mushroom Cloud Made of Chains
- Santa Monica: Shape-Shifting Head of David Lynch[ tips ]
- Santa Rosa: Menacing Goblins[ crest ]
- Santee: World and Earth History Museum
- Sebastopol: Demented But Lovable Dog Statue[ crest ]
- Sebastopol: Amiot ‘s Junk Art Characters[ top ]
- Sequoia National Park: Tunnel Log : Drive Thru a Fallen Sequoia
- Sequoia National Park: Universal Sherman : World ‘s Largest ( not Tallest ) Tree
- Sequoia National Park: General Grant – World ‘s 3rd Largest Tree[ tips ]
- Sequoia National Park: Home in a Log[ tips ]
- Simi Valley: Ronald Reagan Museum and Library
- Simi Valley: Grandma Prisbrey ‘s Bottle Village
- Simi Valley: World ‘s Largest Skateboard Collection[ crest ]
- Solvang: Ostrichland USA[ tips ]
- South El Monte: American Military Museum : Tank[ tips ]
- South Lake Tahoe: Magic Carpet Mini Golf
- Stockton: Giant Buddha Statues[ tips ]
- Sunol: Bosco the Dog Mayor
- Sutter Creek: Muffler Human[ crest ]
- Sylmar: Nethercutt Collection : Rare Car And Music Machines[ tips ]
- Taft: The Great Mouse Invasion – West Kern Oil Museum
- Taft: Giant Oil Worker Monument[ point ]
- Temecula: Ronald Reagan Can-Do Statue[ top ]
- Torrance: JFK Toilet Bowl Memorial
- Traver: Watch Cheese Made , Climb 7-Story Tree House[ tips ]
- Trona: Trona Pinnacles
- Truckee: Donner Party Monument : Cannibals !
- Tulelake: Lava Beds National Monument[ tips ]
- Turlock: Power Shaped Like Bulldozer
- Twentynine Palms: Goal of the World Sign[ tips ]
- Twentynine Palms: Outdoor Collection of Vintage Neon Signs[ tips ]
- Ukiah: World ‘s Largest Redwood Tree Service Station
- Ukiah: City of Ten Thousand Buddhas
- Valle Vista: Nightly Bat Swarm
- Vallecito: Moaning Cavern
- Vallejo: Mare Island Naval Missile Park
- Valley Village: Metropolitan Pit Stop : Niche Minicar Museum[ point ]
- Van Nuys: Muffler Man – Kevin
- Venice: Clownerina – Giant Clown in Tutu
- Venice: Beach Bordello , Gargoyle-Encrusted
- Venice: Mosaic Tile House[ tips ]
- Ventura: Backyard Muffler Human[ tips ]
- Victorville: California Route 66 Museum : Hulaville Model[ tip ]
- Vina: Medieval Monastery[ tip ]
- Viola: Muffler Man Paul Bunyan[ tips ]
- Walnut Creek: Hand of Peace[ tips ]
- Weed: Living Memorial Sculpture Garden[ point ]
- Weott: Charles Kellogg ‘s Travel Log
- West Hollywood: Seat o ‘ the Pup
- West Hollywood: Rocky and Bullwinkle
- Westminster: Vietnamese Boat People Memorial
- Westport: Westport Whale[ tip ]
- Willits: Cowboy Willy : Cowboy Muffler Man[ tips ]
- Willow Creek: Bigfoot Capital : Museum and Statue
- Willow Creek: Community Building Bigfoot Mural
- Winterhaven: Remains of the Imperial Dunes Plank Road
- Winterhaven: Imperial Valley Sand Dunes[ tips ]
- Woodland Hills: Old Trapper ‘s Lodge Statues
- Yermo: Calico Ghost Town[ tips ]
- Yermo: Peggy Sue ‘s Diner and Diner-Saur Park[ top ]
- Yermo: Liberty Sculpture Park : Mad Horse , Tiananmen Square
- Yorba Linda: Richard Nixon Museum and Birthplace
- Yucca Valley: Desert Christ Park
- Yucca Valley: Sky Village Swap Meet Folk Art[ tips ]
My Good deal
Mobile Apps
Roadside Americaapp for iPhone , iPad . On-route map , 1,000s of photo , particular research mark ! … More
California Latest Tips and Floor
- Wind Phone , Joshua Tree , California
- Santa Nella ‘s Pea Soup Andersen ‘s , Santa Nella , California
- Trona Pinnacles , Trona , California
- Madonna Inn , San Luis Obispo , California
- Bubble Gum Alley , San Luis Obispo , California
Sight of the Week
Toilet Paper Hero of Hoover Dam , Boulder City , Nevada ( Jul 14-20 , 2025 )
USA and Canada Tips and Stories
- Plug Man keep Lightning Bolt , Velva , North Dakota
- Giant Spur , Marble Falls , Texas
- Field of Dreams , Dyersville , Iowa
- Statue of Benji , McKinney , Texas
- Robot on a Pole , Norwich , Ohio
Favorite Quirky City Sights
- Bakersfield Attractions
- Eureka Attractions
- Hollywood Attractions
- Los Angeles Attractions
- Sacramento Attractions
- San Bernardino Attractions
- San Diego Attractions
- San Francisco Attractions
- Santa Cruz Attractions
Miscellaneous
- About Us
- Contact Us
- Relegate a Crest
- Privacy Policy
- Terms and Condition
Trip Planning Caution: RoadsideAmerica.com offers maps , directions and attraction details as a convenience , providing all information as equal . Attraction position , hour and prices vary without notice ; yell in front !
Credits , Media/Business Inquiries
© Copyright 1996-2025 Doug Kirby , Ken Smith , Mike Wilkins . All rights reserved . No portion of this document may be reproduced , copied or revised without compose permission of the author .
