The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

A life-sized mammoth sculpture marks the spot where the remains of a Columbian mammoth were discovered in 2005.

For roadside fast food, pull over at the giant orange.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

This rustic cabin, outfitted with gun slits, was once home to John D. Tewksbury, patriarch of the bloodiest family feud in American history.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

The stately birthplace of California's statehood.

The first safe in this California town had to hold all the gold.

This little gem of Spanish Colonial architecture has been abandoned since the 1950s.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

Historical trolley restoration and operation at History San Jose, Kelly Park.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

It is locally loved and ridiculed for literally looking like poop.