9,000 square feet of vintage and modern mechanical toys, dioramas & sideshow curiosities.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.

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

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

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

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.

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

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

The art and history of the velvet painting are on full display in this Los Angeles museum.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

Located on 420 acres in the high desert, this spiritual center is dedicated to the "science of the future."

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

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

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.