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Giant Root Beer Barrel
El Indio de Tijuana is a wildly happy yellow and orange striped taco stand in the shape of a giant root beer barrel! Historically, the...


Trader Mort's Tiki Liquor Store
Trader Mort’s liquor store, at the edge of Shelter Island, has been a personality drenched San Diego fixture since 1964. The vintage tiki...


Giant Robot
San Diego’s giant robot is officially known as ComTron 2000 and stands outside the Paseo at Comm22 housing project. With many nods to...


World Famous Doll Hut
Epic neon sign alert! The small but mighty Doll Hut neon sign glows red and green at night and has beautiful detail by day. The Doll Hut...


Giant Key
The giant key stands outside a strip mall real estate firm in Anaheim. It is a glorious golden yellow by day and lights up at night. The...


Tree Trunk Building
This building that resembles a tree trunk stands at the entrance to Adventure City in Anaheim. You can easily see it from the street...


Half Scale White House
The half scale White House once housed a doll museum that was home to the greatest collection of Barbies I have ever seen. But time...


Mentone Muffler Man
We absolutely LOVE people with eclectic collections of vintage everything in their private yards, and this is one of the best. (yes, it...


Coca Cola Building
It sits in one of the sketchiest parts of Downtown, but it’s worth taking your life in your hands to see the wonder that is the Coca Cola...


Gilmore Gas Station/ Starbucks Drive-Thru
Love them or hate them, we definitely are loving Starbucks for their restoration of the Gilmore Gas Station. This beautiful Streamline...


Felix Chevrolet
The happiest neon sign ever sits on top of a Chevrolet dealership in Los Angeles. It all began in 1921 when Winslow B Felix opened Felix...


World's Second Largest Rocking Chair
Welcome to the World’s second Largest rocking chair, also known as the Route 66 Rocker. (It was also once known as the Route 66 RED...


Yukon Centennial Cow
Come for the “Welcome to Yukon” sign - stay for the Centennial Cow! The Centennial Cow was erected in it’s place of honour by the Yukon...


Big Louie the Lumberjack
Flagstaff Arizona is muffler man crazy!!! Not one, but TWO muffler men reside there, plus a mini muffler man! This 20-foot-tall...


River Rick
One of our favourite neon signs in the whole wide world is arguably the most iconic neon in all of Las Vegas - neon cowboy, Vegas Vic....
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