Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."

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

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

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

The oldest attraction in Disneyland is a prehistoric stump that Walt may have bought for his wife.

Fans of the spicy bright-red sauce can tour where it's made.

“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

Some of the most unusual (and in some cases, disgusting) flavors of soda imaginable.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection. 

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

A historic fort commemorating the United States' naval history.