Scarecrows are the superstars of fall in Cambria and other California towns

the kind found standing around the clock in the middle of a field? They're very much a year-round sight, and very much so when the growing season is at its verdant height. But the scarecrow has become synonymous with fall iconography, and finding a cute scarecrow-inspired decoration for your porch is as simple as heading to a local craft or Halloween store. But in Cambria, the scarecrow spotlight is much broader; rather than coming across the occasional porch scarecrow, a visitor to the quaint Central Coast town will encounter the autumnal icons in all sorts of unlikely, whimsical, and humorous places. That's because Cambria has become Scarecrow Central in California over the years, with a plucky start in 2009 and more fans with each passing October.

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