One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

The set location for a 1987 cult classic draws international film buffs to the middle of the Mojave Desert.

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

Oldest building in California still in use.

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

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.

California's oldest wind harp represents a historic piece of America's Danish history.

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.