Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near California

While in California, you might enjoy a visit to:

The giant, fiberglass Joor Man holds a large muffler and is dressed up seasonally. One of hundreds of similar 1960s era roadside statues.
~13 miles from Cardiff By The Sea.

Giant lemon in a town that claims to have the "Best Climate on Earth."
~24 miles from Cardiff By The Sea.

Headquarters of the Unarians, firm believers that 33 city-ships of the galactic Federation would arrive on Earth in 2001 (they didn't).
~24 miles from Cardiff By The Sea.

In the museum, see the telephone Nixon used to call astronauts on the moon, and the helicopter he used to fly away from the presidency in disgrace. Also here: the actual house in which he was born, a replica of the home office where he suffered the stroke that killed him, and his grave, along with that of First Lady Pat Nixon.
~68 miles from Cardiff By The Sea.

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