This vintage car parts store is also a museum devoted to a squat little gem of automotive history.

A lawless town deep in Death Valley was famous for its riches and death rate.

A relic from a forgotten bakery chain still spins atop a diner.

Sojourn to the past at this residence teeming with 1950s memorabilia.

The famous blue house from the classic horror film "Halloween" is now a local landmark.

This 75-year-old Shakespearean sculpture is painted by a local artist for every season.

Come for the records, stay for the retro pinball machines.

This surreptitious shop is only open five hours per week.

An unexpected and peaceful oasis on a hillside.

This large pile of traveler-curated rocks by the dry lakebed is a longstanding tradition on the Old Mojave Road.

An inconspicuous suburban street corner is the site of San Diego's worst air disaster.

These unusual houses look like giant boats that washed ashore on a residential street.

Rusty pieces of metal jutting out of a breakwater are all that's visible of the 12,500-ton ocean liner that capsized just off the beach.

An informal walk of fame in front of a Hollywood office building remembers a comedic great and his associates.

French prisoners carved these boats from the bones of their meat rations.

This diner's a kitschy dreamland for anyone whose heart is stuck in the 1980s.

The final resting place of the songwriter who penned “Take Me Out To The Ball Game."

From silent movie theater to rock &roll palace and beyond.

This small monument to the great inventor contains a time capsule and a Wi-Fi hotspot.

The remnants of an early automobile route across shifting sand dunes can still be found in the deserts of Southern California.

Hidden in one of the skyscrapers on Bunker Hill, this museum features an 1895 stagecoach and peers into California’s gold-lined history.

Two groundbreaking brothers from Pasadena.

An abandoned 1930s gas station turned bustling neighborhood park.

The words of the neighborhood's most famous poets adorn four concrete walls.