An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

The Hopi-style structure was built by the man who discovered Desert Hot Springs' famous mineral water.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

This Hollywood dive houses a mural painted by the artists who animated its namesake film.

The sun acts as a key that only fits this giant keyhole twice a year.

A Bicycle Path in the Sky.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

An eccentric folk art landmark made out of discarded bottles by an inspired "grandma."

The memorial to the victims of the Jonestown Massacre carries the names of 918 lost, including one name people wish wasn't there.

On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

Because there's no place like home.

This unique bed and breakfast was first constructed during the 1800s by a Russian immigrant family.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

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

A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

No one's quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.

Once a place of peaceful repose, this sanitarium now faces an uncertain future.