Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.

The tiniest tiki room in San Diego.

Every weekend, people gather here for a brief chance to see their loved ones on the other side of the United States–Mexico border.

This park is home to well over 100 handmade birdhouses.

One doctor's retirement plan included opening this award-winning Mexican-Indian eatery on the ground floor of a hospital.

The creator of the carousel's bingo-pinball hybrid survives in California's oldest gaming establishment.

Hand-crafted tributes to a stray cat named "Room 8" now cover this LA elementary school.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

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

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

A cake-themed art installation tucked away in historic Chinatown.

A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

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

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

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

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

Hidden in the back of a disused small town hotel is a dive bar shellacked with over a million pennies.

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.