Former 1954 Del Mar Train Station now serves signature cocktails and delightful culinary treats, and still operates as a Metro stop.

The art and history of the velvet painting are on full display in this Los Angeles museum.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

Educational foundation that teaches the powers of fourth dimensional physical properties.

Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.

This odd little museum holds exhibits on everything from blacksmith equipment to hair jewelry.

Junkbots and mud babies are the masterpieces in this fantastically sci-fi art museum.

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

This Chinese art gallery is hidden inside the Sunrider Corporation headquarters.

Whiskey lovers, this is your happy place.

From sax to spuds, get 'em all at this landmark music establishment.

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

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

Inspiring Earthlings to Boldly Go.

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

The quirky salon doubles as a retro museum run by the world's leading "hairstorian."

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

A museum dedicated to the decorative arts from the 16th through 19th centuries.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

The set location for a 1987 cult classic draws international film buffs to the middle of the Mojave Desert.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.