Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.

The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

Mexican food and folk art.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

A "Titanic" superfan changed his name to Jack and set up this strange shrine to the blockbuster, complete with Korean food and Tarot readings.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

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

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

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.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

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