A watering hole where the options for seating include a bar, patio, or subterranean cave.

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

This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.

This large collection of tiny things revels in the art of fine machinery well made.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.

Home to secret Eastern Bloc spy equipment and the largest stretch of the original Berlin Wall outside of Germany.

Antiques by the Bay.

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

This corn maze so big you may want to pack a lunch, and possibly a flaregun.

A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

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

A small medical museum with a recreated doctor's office.

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

A macabre tour of Hollywood’s deadly history.

This Pringle-shaped ledge makes for the perfect photo op.

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

Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

Contemporary art inspired by natural history and science drawing on ancient techniques in a modern world.

A quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.