This beloved roadside attraction welcomes visitors with his signature neon smile.

Its founder calls it a "proletariat art renaissance".

Each summer, the migratory bats living beneath the bypass form "batnadoes" at dusk.

Established in 1853, this crumbling cemetery sits forgotten on the corner of Church and Chapel in Gold Country.

Built in 1895, this bed and breakfast was once a hospital that served an early 1900s Gold Rush boomtown.

The Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California."

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

Historic home to one of the most famous women pioneers of the 19th century.

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

Small museum packed with artifacts recovered by the man rumored to be the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

This childhood throwback has hundreds of arcade games and pinball machines to transport you back in time.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

Explore an early California pioneer's rancho hidden in LA's manufacturing hinterland.

The most popular attraction in Southern California was once a flock of ornery bipedal birds that pulled carts.

The famous blue house from the classic horror film "Halloween" is now a local landmark.

Delve into a wealth of oddities, antiques, and taxidermy treasures.

Southern California’s Theme Park Beginnings.

Victoriana on Orange Grove Avenue.

This 38-year old fish became a casualty of changing trends.

Exotic feline breeding compound and conservation center.

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

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

"The Hoppiest Place in the World" holds the world’s largest collection of bunny memorabilia and is a singular testament of a couple's devotion to all things Leporidae.