Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near California

While in California, you might enjoy a visit to:

Sculptor David Roy's carved animal amalgamation is over 20-ft. tall, and took over three years to complete. Wait, maybe it's not complete...
~28 miles from Sun City.

Lawrence Welk Resort -- a museum and a happy land of polkas, waltzes and champagne music.
~33 miles from Sun City.

The pirate ship crewed by midgets in the 1981 movie directed by Terry Gilliam is afloat here for daily cruises.
~40 miles from Sun City.

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.
~38 miles from Sun City.

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