Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near California

While in California, you might enjoy a visit to:

Bronze mold of a classic Morse Mark V diving helmet like the ones used by divers who installed and maintained the cannery's underwater sardine pipes and pumps. Two divers died. 2008 monument honors the divers and tenders.
~14 miles from Moss Landing.

1989 San Francisco Earthquake Epicenter Marker.
~16 miles from Moss Landing.

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.
~46 miles from Moss Landing.

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.
~55 miles from Moss Landing.

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