A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

A rococo retro-futurist future-rustic vernacular between yesterday’s tomorrow and the future that never was.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

This historic tower in the California desert promises visitors a "vortex of good vibes".

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

Giant nude woman of Tijuana is also the artist's home.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

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

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Rare collectibles from automated musical instruments to 250 unique automobiles.

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

Raised illegally, Reggie now lives at the Los Angeles Zoo after authorities spent years tracking him down.

A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

Mexico's astounding mummy museum with "the world's smallest mummy."

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.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.