Decades' worth of lost and forgotten objects make up the collection of this tantalizingly odd little museum.

For almost 100 years, this site of peace and spirituality has existed on the California coast.

This unique bed and breakfast was first constructed during the 1800s by a Russian immigrant family.

A cake-themed art installation tucked away in historic Chinatown.

These structures were inspired by both Native American shelters as well as, strangely, an ice cream shop.

Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.

Enjoy a tour of oddities and makeshift monsters at this souvenir store with an offbeat sense of humor.

This island castle contains enough secret passageways to support a season of Scooby-Doo episodes.

The last water-powered mill in Oregon is open daily for free tours and has a surprising history.

The world's first disc golf course has the Jet Propulsion Laboratory as a neighbor.

At night, a grove of towering redwood trees growing through the pavement block out all light from the so-called “Dark Park” of Madrone Avenue.

Once the central jail for Los Angeles, this building housed inmates like Al Capone, those arrested from the Zoot Suit and Watts Riots, and individuals imprisoned for their sexuality.

Home to a full-scale replica of the Ezekiel Airship, an aircraft that allegedly flew in 1902—a year before the Wright brothers took to the skies over Kitty Hawk.

Known locally as "the giant head," this 14-foot LED sculpture has a photo booth in the neck where you can have a 3D picture taken and displayed.

Founded in 1873 to support the needs of the gold mines flourishing nearby, this is the last water-powered foundry in the United States.

A unique museum where guests can rent and operate a locomotive.

Explore more than 130,000 new and used books in the "world's largest outdoor bookstore."

Napa's oldest building is now a Mexican restaurant.

The world's first motel is now an administrative building for an apple farm.

This hand-carved wooden carousel in the Story City North Park was built in 1913.

A collection of obscure and vintage equipment used for television, film, and radio.

For decades, a bottle factory dumped their waste into these waters—now it's considered the best sea glass beach in England.

An abandoned observatory in the middle of the Illinois prairie.

This historical art colony is adorned with thousands of hand-carved concrete sculptures in the Mayan Revival style.