World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

Over one million bird-related artifacts await.

Graffiti-covered ruins that were once part of a farm owned by a mental hospital.

The White House Situation Room was taken apart in 2006 and shipped to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.

A glittering South Asian anomaly in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb.

From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

A basement full of treasures lies beneath this inn that has worn many hats throughout its 140+ years.

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

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.