A piece of the iconic wall found an unlikely new home in a Vegas bathroom.

This institution collects the history of burlesque dancing with a titillating collection of ephemera and pasties.

A stranded woman lived alone on this remote island for 18 years, inspiring the great children's novel "Island of the Blue Dolphins."

One poet's handmade, anachronistic home.

An abandoned car and strange wooden debris are among the scattered remains of the old sand and gravel quarry.

In this roadside "community for the small," abandoned toys gain new lives.

Common all over Japan, kōbans are small community police boxes, and now one is guarding one of L.A.’s megamalls.

The diverse and sometimes odd cultural heritage of the Golden State is collected, examined, and displayed in this proud museum.

The black lab that was voted mayor of a California town is forever remembered by a life-size statue.

One of the only known surviving coconut palm trees in the entire state.

A monument to a one-legged kidnapper, horse thief, and charlatan asks visitors to throw rocks in a pile.

Wheels of chrome by the thousands adorn this California Historical Landmark.

Its dark depths conceal millions of rare, delicate crystal formations.

The quirky salon doubles as a retro museum run by the world's leading "hairstorian."

Once the largest winery in the world, this castle-like building now sits abandoned on the San Pablo/San Francisco Bay shore.

This strangely vacant Western amusement seems to be an empty tribute to residents of Lucerne Valley.

Large but largely ignored, these 42 life-size Liberty Bell replicas were a peculiar, unexplained feature on the facade of a Macy's department store.

This concrete ship has had four careers - World War I tanker, floating amusement park, fishing pier, and artificial reef.

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

The world's most famous donkey lives in this pen.

This Southern Californian Conservation Center is home to singing and howling apes.

Inside this clubhouse is a cinephile's paradise.

A rare surviving example of a pre-WWII Japanese garden, restored after years of neglect.

Salt is slowly eating away this abandoned saltworks town in the desert.