Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near California

While in California, you might enjoy a visit to:

Pseudo-scientific anomaly, where the laws of gravity and science go haywire.

In the desert near the Salton Sea, outsider artist Leonard Knight paints divinely inspired visions on a dirt ridge he calls Salvation Mountain.

For more than thirty years, the late Frank Medina was the undisputed King Of The Windmills, his ranch once home to hundreds of them.

Mysterious folk art environment, statues built by John Ehn, "The Old Trapper."

Swedish themed town, decorates a couple blocks of downtown in an alpine setting and features a water tower made to look like a giant coffee pot.

Drive through a pair of giant doughnuts.

A living 700-year-old redwood you can drive right thru for a few bucks.

Giant lemon in a town that claims to have the "Best Climate on Earth."

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