Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
Monterey County · Population 3,220 · Card no. 10060
A one-square-mile artists' village on the Monterey Peninsula, with no street addresses, no streetlights and famously eccentric ordinances.
- Residents collect mail at the post office because houses have names rather than numbers.
- Clint Eastwood served as mayor from 1986 to 1988.
- High heels technically require a permit, a rule created to limit liability on uneven sidewalks.
Every incorporated city and town in California has its own painted card here, free to send by email or by link. No account, nothing to install.