This monster board rode a monster wave to break two world records.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

Humboldt's human-powered sculptures race across land and sea for days on end in a wacky quest for dominance.

A statue commemorate Tommie Smith and John Carlos's brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.

This beautiful ridge-top trail is dotted by tiny homes apparently built by a group of itinerant fairies.

This San Diego museum, housed in a former Navy training facility, is dedicated to preserving women’s historic achievements.

North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.

A popular winter vacation destination for migrating monarch butterflies.

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

A working miniature city designed to teach kids about safety and presumably city planning.

A small sculpture garden that provides a microcosmic representation of California.

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

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

Nationwide network of co-ownership underground catastrophe shelters.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

From the Difference Engine to the Cray-1, all under one roof.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

Junkbots and mud babies are the masterpieces in this fantastically sci-fi art museum.

If you are looking for a used Russian battery, Chinese Ham Radio or other electronic oddities this Flea Market is a good place to start.

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

Hidden in the back of a disused small town hotel is a dive bar shellacked with over a million pennies.

This midcentury LA bar was the birthplace of tiki culture.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.