Mara-culous adventures with Monty

The Citrus Variety Collection at UC Riverside contains two trees of each of the 1,000+ varieties of citrus.

Mexican food and folk art.

A small medical museum with a recreated doctor's office.

A living museum dedicated to the legendary woodworker and his soulful furniture.

Mixing urban grit with natural beauty, this secluded waterfall has a little something for everyone.

The remnants of a failed socialist commune can still be found just off a California highway.

Everything you always wanted to know about borates is here.

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

Fans of the spicy bright-red sauce can tour where it's made.

A world-class observatory in the California desert.

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

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

About 80% of all U.S. avocados are descendants of Rudolph Hass's glorious tree.

One of the largest helium balloons in the U.S. is a 112-foot ginormous orange.

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

The small family-run business has kept alive the fading art of creating beautiful handmade book covers.

"The Hoppiest Place in the World" holds the world’s largest collection of bunny memorabilia and is a singular testament of a couple's devotion to all things Leporidae.

The cobbled together compound of a deceased artist which now serves as a filming location.

A small sculpture garden that provides a microcosmic representation of California.

The artwork that Italians felt California didn't deserve.

Working mining and drilling equipment demonstrate 150 years of energy history.

Contemporary art inspired by natural history and science drawing on ancient techniques in a modern world.

A commonwealth favorite in the heart of Pasadena.

Some of the most unusual (and in some cases, disgusting) flavors of soda imaginable.

Delve into a wealth of oddities, antiques, and taxidermy treasures.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

A small, peaceful sculpture garden with a grim memorial to a disaster that took place a few blocks away.

The most popular attraction in Southern California was once a flock of ornery bipedal birds that pulled carts.

Hiding amid the largest camellia collection in the country lies a charming children's maze, donated by a secret admirer.

A 9 year-old boy’s elaborate cardboard arcade in his father’s used auto parts store.

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

This midcentury LA bar was the birthplace of tiki culture.