An Aladdin's cave of old Silicon Valley tech.

This midcentury LA bar was the birthplace of tiki culture.

9,000 square feet of vintage and modern mechanical toys, dioramas & sideshow curiosities.

In the middle of the desert, miles from any human life, sat an anomalous pay phone that still magically answers your calls.

This store is dedicated to unique found footage and the strangeness of pre-internet pop-culture.

This eatery transports diners to a place that no longer exists: East Germany.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

This diner's a kitschy dreamland for anyone whose heart is stuck in the 1980s.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

In the days before HD projectors and IMAX, some of the most powerful projectors belonged to planetariums.

The beloved dining spot stands at the cross-section of Hollywood and the Old West.

The quirky salon doubles as a retro museum run by the world's leading "hairstorian."

Experience the "opulence, grace, and grandeur of Eureka's most famous Victorian Inn."

Cows on a ranch are commonplace, scattered cow bones everywhere? Not so much.

Inside this clubhouse is a cinephile's paradise.

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

"Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament."

If you are looking for a used Russian battery, Chinese Ham Radio or other electronic oddities this Flea Market is a good place to start.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.

Where religious effigies, magic soaps, and occult candles are brought to customers at wholesale prices.

This quaint archive of the silent era preserves and pays homage to a seminal moment in film history.

Made famous by cable TV, this oddball collection of antiques and collectibles is a cut above the rest.

Abandoned anti-ballistic missile base.