Week-long festival in the baby food capital of the world.

Home of modern dancer famously strangled by her own scarf.

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

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.

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

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

The so-called "Bridge of Thighs" in Palm Springs allows nudists to discreetly cross the road.

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

A pair of pure white felines guard the entrance to a spot of California real estate established as an artist's haven.