Built in 1852, the Iron Door Saloon in Groveland is the oldest saloon in California.

Around 200 buffalo roam on Catalina Island, descendants of a few taken there in the 1920’s for a movie and left there.

In Arcadia, peacocks have the right of way to cross any street, including driveways.

All gray whale calves are born in the warm, shallow lagoons of Baja, California.

Ice cream may not be eaten while standing on the sidewalk in Carmel.

Iron Door Saloon in Groveland, California, courtesy

Iron Door website.

Frederick's of Hollywood, courtesy Seeing Stars

If you detonating a nuclear device within the city limits of Chico you will receive a  $500 fine.

The Palm Springs American Legion Post dining room permanently maintains a table for one. It is set for dinner and no one is allowed to use the table. It is being maintains for a Missing in Action or Prisoner of War serviceman or woman when he or she returns home.

California's Mt. Whitney is the highest peak in the continental U.S. at 14,495 feet.

It is illegal to own a green or smelly animal hide in Chico.

The largest three-day rodeo in the United States is held on the Tehama County Fairgrounds in Red Bluff.

Crushing rocks within the Indian Wells city limits is forbidden.

Since it opened in 1937 the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, more than 1,200 people have plunged 220 feet to their deaths.

The world's only burlesque museum is in Helendale, California.

Persons classified as "ugly" may not walk down any street in San Francisco. 

It is illegal to pile horse manure more than six feet high on a San Francisco street corner. 

In Santa Monica, it is against the law to play percussion instruments on the beach. 

Driving a herd of cattle down a street is against the law in Chico.

In Norco, all persons wishing to keep a rhinoceros as a pet must obtain a $100 license first.

It is illegal for women to drive in California while wearing a house coat.

At Anza-Borrego Desert State Park and the Salton Sea State Recreation Area, summer temperatures are in the range of 120°

The tallest tree in the world, at 369 feet, is in Humboldt Redwoods State Park.

In the late 1850s, Kennedy Mine, located in Jackson, served as one of the richest gold mines in the world and the deepest mine in North America.

In Pacific Grove there is a law on the books establishing a $500 fine for molesting butterflies.

Located in Sacramento, the California State Railroad Museum is the largest museum of its kind in North America.

Bowling on the sidewalk is illegal in Chico.

Death Valley in southern California is the lowest point in the United States at 282 feet below sea level.

If your dogs are found mating within 500 years of a church in Los Angeles, you could be punished by a fine of $500 and/or six months in prison.

It is estimated that each year there are approximately 500,000 detectable seismic tremors in California.

Los Angeles law forbids you from licking a toad.

Totaling nearly three million acres, San Bernardino County is the largest county in the entire United States.

The hottest day ever recorded in the United States was on July 10, 1913 at Death Valley, California, when the temperature reached a scorching 135 degrees.

Over 30,000,000 Legos were used to construct the attractions and decorations at Legoland in Carlsbad, California.

You may not hunt moths under street lights in Los Angeles. 

You are breaking the law if you grow oleander flowers in Norco.

The best view in the United States is at Mount Diablo State Park.  From the top of the 3,849 foot summit more of the earth's surface can be seen than any other peak in the world, except Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa.