Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near California

While in California, you might enjoy a visit to:

"Waning Wax." We visited two of our pet wax museums, thousands of miles apart, to see how the ancient craft was faring.

Sculpture park of Biblical figures in the California desert.

Check how hot it is today on the World's Tallest Thermometer.

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

A lonely observation tower near the Mexican border.

1989 San Francisco Earthquake Epicenter Marker.

Jacques-Andre Istel, mayor of Felicity, discovered the Center of the World near the California-Arizona border.

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