Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near California

While in California, you might enjoy a visit to:

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.

A neo-classical Pagan place of worship masquerading as a municipal water facility. Actually, nobody worships here, but it just seemed kind of plausible.
~18 miles from Palo Alto.

Tributes to America's dog mayor -- with varying degrees of reverence -- can be found around town.
~18 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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