Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near California

While in California, you might enjoy a visit to:

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.

Pseudo-scientific anomaly, where the laws of gravity and science go haywire.
~199 miles from Santa Ynez.

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.
~143 miles from Santa Ynez.

Twenty-two pioneers died here. At one time it was called the Donner Party Museum.

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