Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near California

While in California, you might enjoy a visit to:

Overphotographed dinosaurs in the desert. Built by Claude Bell, who ran the Wheel Inn on I-10; currently owned by folks who don't buy the Theory of Evolution.

Pseudo-scientific anomaly, where the laws of gravity and science go haywire.
~170 miles from Lee Vining.

Giant statues of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox guard the entrance of Trees of Mystery, where corkscrew trees and other arboreal mutants stand for your viewing pleasure.

The Madonna of the Trail is a pinkish, stony-faced pioneer Mom, in long skirt and bonnet, strutting westward with an infant in her arms.

Twenty-two pioneers died here. At one time it was called the Donner Party Museum.
~112 miles from Lee Vining.

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

Splotchy lump was once a proud vessel made of concrete.
~167 miles from Lee Vining.

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