A brothel nestled amongst ghost towns, with an abandoned plane wreck to greet you.

“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.

Thousands of artifacts relating to human sexuality, including the world's largest sex bike.

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

This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

What is it about mushrooms that makes people wish they lived inside of them?

An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage train station tiles.

A former hardware store near Yerba Buena is the official home of California's history.

This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.

This Japanese treats shop may have been the first business to mass-produce fortune cookies in the United States.

Home of modern dancer famously strangled by her own scarf.

An art supply shop holds the secrets of this quiet neighborhood's raucous Barbary Coast past.