These unusual houses look like giant boats that washed ashore on a residential street.

Abandoned in 2009, this once popular resort destination now stands frozen in time.

Malibu's first beach home features an astonishing trove of ceramic tiles.

The oldest U.S. Government building in California, and it's State Historic Landmark #1.

With its peeling paint and faded sign, this theater-turned-recycling plant is a nostalgic relic of 1950s Americana.

This museum honors the first Spanish land grant in California which is still in the hands of the original owner's family.

This large pile of traveler-curated rocks by the dry lakebed is a longstanding tradition on the Old Mojave Road.

This small monument to the great inventor contains a time capsule and a Wi-Fi hotspot.

Steinbeck's old stomping grounds, immortalized in Cannery Row.

An old whaling station now serves to give the public a look at the commercial whaling industry, no longer a part of Monterey's economy.

One of the last remaining Carpenter Gothic churches is situated on a wildflower conservatory overlooking the bay.

This midcentury LA bar was the birthplace of tiki culture.

The last Americana on Route 66.

An unassuming grey box sitting on San Francisco's Pier 17 is a "sky diary" of the coastal city's temperamental weather.

Condemned US Navy seaplane control tower turned officers’ club sits atop Yerba Buena Island.

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

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

Decommissioned experimental solar facilities that pioneered solar energy technology.

Authentic gondola hanging from the ceiling, notable mural in the back room.

A museum dedicated to a sea that should have never been.

A comprehensive collection of Pez dispensers.

9,000 square feet of vintage and modern mechanical toys, dioramas & sideshow curiosities.

In the middle of the desert, miles from any human life, sat an anomalous pay phone that still magically answers your calls.

A rococo retro-futurist future-rustic vernacular between yesterday’s tomorrow and the future that never was.