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Dragon House

An eccentric home stands out in an otherwise average neighborhood with mosaics, mini topiaries, and kinetic sculpture.

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Sacramento's Original Street Level

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

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Safetyville, USA

A working miniature city designed to teach kids about safety and presumably city planning.

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Spirit of Sacramento

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.

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Sacramento Old City Cemetery

The capitol city's oldest existing cemetery.

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Patty Reed's Doll

A tiny survivor of the Donner Party disaster.

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I Street Bridge

I Street Bridge is the heaviest swinging center bridge in the United States.

Sacramento, California

Monkey Puzzle Tree

Puzzling...this tree looks like an assemblage of dismembered monkey limbs.

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