9,000 square feet of vintage and modern mechanical toys, dioramas & sideshow curiosities.

A store that sells all manner of bones, insects, and animal curiosities.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

Over 300 taxidermied animals in a Californian restaurant make for a taxidermist's dream and an animal lover's nightmare.

Pillars made of 700 pieces of luggage climb to the ceiling of Sacramento Airport's baggage claim.

The capitol city's oldest existing cemetery.

A replica of the first public theater built in California.

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.