Mexican food and folk art.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

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 highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

The biggest pinball arcade in the world has over 600 pinball machines, and 300 arcade machines.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

A "Titanic" superfan changed his name to Jack and set up this strange shrine to the blockbuster, complete with Korean food and Tarot readings.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.