The oldest platform carousel built in the United States continues to delight children in Martha’s Vineyard.

Martha's Vineyard's most beloved speakeasy sells late-night pastries.

The filming location of a shark attack in Steven Spielberg's famous shark movie.

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

DIY collection of eclectic holdings.

This bronze statue commemorates the strange and beloved mascot of UC Irvine—the only university to be represented by a giant anteater.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

The small family-run business has kept alive the fading art of creating beautiful handmade book covers.

This hands-on math museum believes in turning concepts into constructs.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

One of the best collections of antique printing machinery in the world.

Gnomes have their very own bonsai-landscaped settlement on a university campus.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

A shockingly detailed small scale recreation of the temples of Abu Simbel.

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

These were the largest wind chimes in the world when artist Tom Van Sant created them for a California mall in 1967.

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

One of the largest helium balloons in the U.S. is a 112-foot ginormous orange.