A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.

The hundreds of movies and television shows shot in this high desert town are commemorated in a unique museum.

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.

A hard-to-reach oasis in a desolate corner of Death Valley National Park.

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

Semi-recognized center of the world, with many oddities.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

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

A small sculpture garden that provides a microcosmic representation of California.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.

Art from the latest counter-culture; kids who dye their hair blue and believe the future will be a post-apocalyptic water world.

This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

Inside an old airplane hangar, friends and strangers alike play on a massive trampoline.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.