Mexican food and folk art.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

Instead of faces, these sculptures have barcodes—statements on societal dehumanization.

The Citrus Variety Collection at UC Riverside contains two trees of each of the 1,000+ varieties of citrus.

This California tree is the single source of the state's entire orange industry.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

When you can't get to the Pacific, just go to Florida.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

A giant desert bird that once swung music fans at Coachella now has a home in a nearby traffic circle.

John Hendrix predicted the creation of the "Secret City" built as part of the Manhattan Project.

This hotel was used during the Manhattan Project to house official visitors.

One of the Cemestos prefab homes built to secretly house thousands of Manhattan Project workers.

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

Berkeley Hot Springs presents to you "the only outdoor monument to presidential bathing."

A local road runs around a memorial to a teenager who died in 1860.

The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

This legendary "evil" doll has been haunting the citizens of Key West for over 100 years.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

A mega theme park-wax museum mélange containing all things biblical.