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

Pay your respects to departed pets, both celebrity and otherwise.

This giant spider sculpture made from the iconic car is one giant visual pun.

The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.

This historic California cemetery holds the bodies of veterans of both the Civil War and the Donner Party.

A classically trained chef makes beloved burritos inside a gas station.

The rest of him lived another 61 years and was buried elsewhere.

This graveyard is the eternal home of the residents of a vanished California town.

About 80% of all U.S. avocados are descendants of Rudolph Hass's glorious tree.

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

Nuclear waste dump site now an environmental sanctuary.

This store is dedicated to unique found footage and the strangeness of pre-internet pop-culture.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

This infamous prison has a store where you can buy goods crafted by incarcerated people.

The memorial to the victims of the Jonestown Massacre carries the names of 918 lost, including one name people wish wasn't there.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.

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

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

A large instrument played by the wind.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

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

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.