Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near California

While in California, you might enjoy a visit to:

Experimental aircraft on display include the Rotorcycle collapsible helicopter and the flying platform.
~9 miles from Palo Alto.

The afternoon breeze off San Francisco Bay can coax pipe organ-like tones out of a 17-ft tall sculpture. Other kinetic metal sculptures spin or sound off, all installed along pathways atop the old municipal landfill.
~13 miles from Palo Alto.

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.
~13 miles from Palo Alto.

Created in 1950 as America's first three-dimensional storybook theme park. Also home to America's oldest continuously operating puppet theater.
~27 miles from Palo Alto.

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