The collection of 80+ pieces created between the years 1100 and 1500 is intended to be seen, heard, smelled, touched, and tasted.

The largest retailer of seashells in the world.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

In a city crazy for seashells this museum educates and amazes visitors using the wonder of cast-off exoskeletons.

Just below the surface, shrimp are producing temperatures hotter than the sun.

This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

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

Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

An atomic bomb-proof strongbox protects the U.S. Constitution from terrorists and thieves.

A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

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

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

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

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

Yo, Adrian!

A creepy steel gremlin has protected the Bay Bridge since 1989.

An alley way dedicated to graffiti and street art is a constantly changing street gallery.