DIY collection of eclectic holdings.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

This memorial plaque remembers a strangely shallow maritime disaster known as "Chicago's Titanic."

First planned industrial community in the United States.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

Combination beer garden and music venue in the heart of Wicker Park.

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

Legs Inn provides Polish food, a cornucopia of Native American artwork, wood carvings, and mounted deer heads.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

Locals purchased this abandoned quarry in order to make sure it continues to be overgrown.

An arsenic-filled pool in the Grand Canyon takes on the appearance of a giant, overflowing pumpkin.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

The most unique castle in all of Southern California, entirely constructed from repurposed materials.

A treasure hunter's tiny bar, harboring celebrities since 1959.

"Looks so real, it's scary!"

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.