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Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near California

While in California, you might enjoy a visit to:

Auburn, California: Ken Fox's Great Statues of Auburn

Immense concrete sculptures created by Auburn dentist Ken Fox. One is 42-ft. tall and weighs over 120 tons.

Lathrop, California: Crashed UFO at the Lathrop Tower Mart

Grocery store with a crashed flying saucer lodged in its roof.

Woodland Hills, California: Old Trapper's Lodge Statues

Mysterious folk art environment, statues built by John Ehn, "The Old Trapper."

Fairfield, California: Jelly Belly Factory Tour

The factory that makes the beans that a President once made famous. He's remembered with a jelly bean portrait in the lobby.

Fremont, California: Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum

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.

Santee, California: Creation and Earth History Museum

Evolution Theory is a bunch of baseless hooey according to this slick museum, which presents the "Intelligent Design" Creationist perspective.

Arcadia, California: Windmill-themed Denny's

Denny's chain restaurant that opened in the late 1990s features a non-operational Dutch-style windmill above its ruffle collar roof. The windmill is an artifact from an earlier tenant where it made a little more sense -- a Van de Kamp Bakery.

Lemon Grove, California: World's Largest Lemon

Giant lemon in a town that claims to have the "Best Climate on Earth."

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