One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

This midcentury LA bar was the birthplace of tiki culture.

"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 Star Factory" cranked out Hollywood stars like nobody's business.

Colorado Boulevard’s historic bookstore, operating since the bustling city of Pasadena was merely some orange groves and a few ostrich farms.

This California estate was either haunted by ghosts or the Marx brothers.

The American Home, Re-imagined.

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

This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.

This 38-year old fish became a casualty of changing trends.

A relic from a forgotten bakery chain still spins atop a diner.

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

“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

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

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

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.

Mexican food and folk art.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

A giant knight, sex education, date shakes, and Jesus coexist happily in this Coachella Valley desert oasis.

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

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

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.