A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

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

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

The biggest pinball arcade in the world has over 600 pinball machines, and 300 arcade machines.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

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

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

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

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.