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Davis, California

Bohart Museum of Entomology

This museum boasts the ninth-largest collection of insects in North America.

Davis, California

Eggheads

Seven ceramic sculptures scattered around the University of California, Davis campus.

Davis, California

Davis Toad Tunnel

Special tunnels built so that frogs won't be killed when crossing the highway.

Davis, California

Solar Intersections

Outsider art or homage to aliens?

Davis, California

Bats of Yolo Causeway

Each summer, the migratory bats living beneath the bypass form "batnadoes" at dusk.

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Yolo Wool Mill

Wool processing mill in an unlikely location.

5 miles from Davis

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Stevenson Bridge

This graffiti-covered bridge is the quintessential vision of a place for disillusioned youth to escape the complexities of burgeoning adulthood.

6 miles from Davis

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