Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near California

While in California, you might enjoy a visit to:

Restaurant built in 1949 is the oldest of this chain still operating in the US. Sign is 35 ft. high, with iconic chubby burger boy at the base.
~27 miles from Westlake Village.

J. B. Nethercutt was the wealthy owner of Merle Norman Cosmetics. His impressive and surprisingly elegant museum is encased in a windowless building in an industrial park. Exhibits include the first VW Beetle imported to the U.S. in 1946, and the world's 2nd largest Wurlitzer theater organ.
~23 miles from Westlake Village.

A Muffler Man, classic roadside giant, with the head of a chicken and an accessory bucket. In storage from 1984 until he returned in Oct. 2007.
~36 miles from Westlake Village.

After much fanfare and tree carnage, the space shuttle has settled into its permanent post-mission berth in LA, alongside exhibits about cooking and going to the bathroom in zero gravity. Also here: the pickup truck that pulled the Shuttle through the city.
~32 miles from Westlake Village.

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