The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into...we can't find the words.

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

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

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

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

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

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

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

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

Lemon Grove, California is known for its giant lemon...and mummified bodies.