Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near California

While in California, you might enjoy a visit to:

Before Hollywood, a silent film studio convenient to San Francisco produced hundreds of "Chasers." Five films starred Charlie Chaplin, who devised his Tramp character here. Museum runs silent films with live piano music every weekend.
~14 miles from Livermore.

Begun in 2006 as an anti-war protest, the steep hillside displays a white, wooden cross for every American soldier killed in Iraq.
~24 miles from Livermore.

The world's largest collection of computing artifacts. Has everything from an Altair 8800 to a Cray supercomputer, the world's first computer mouse (in a wood case), and a working replica of a 19th century Babbage Difference Engine.
~25 miles from Livermore.

A collection of the pop cult-favored candy dispensers. Rarities, bootlegs, the world's biggest Pez, and the dreaded Hitler Pez.
~33 miles from Livermore.

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