An Oxford museum where visitors can have tea with the Mad Hatter and climb through the wardrobe to a fantasy land.

The stoic structure boasts a whimsical set of stained glass art commemorating Lewis Carroll.

The shop where the girl who inspired the beloved character once bought sweets is now a book-themed commercial curiosity.

Over a thousand musical instruments are on display, from bagpipes and harpsichords to drums and the sinuous serpent.

Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.

This enormous World War II relic is one of the largest wooden structures in the world.

Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.

This California tree is the single source of the state's entire orange industry.

The Citrus Variety Collection at UC Riverside contains two trees of each of the 1,000+ varieties of citrus.

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

Oldest building in California still in use.

A museum dedicated to the decorative arts from the 16th through 19th centuries.

The only thing stranger than stumbling onto these philosophical musings is the story of the homesteader who created them.

The decaying adobe remains of an old homestead are just off the beaten path in Joshua Tree National Park.

This stately structure has been abandoned for half a century.

The Hopi-style structure was built by the man who discovered Desert Hot Springs' famous mineral water.

A giant knight, sex education, date shakes, and Jesus coexist happily in this Coachella Valley desert oasis.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

This historic tower in the California desert promises visitors a "vortex of good vibes".

Catch a glimpse of the elusive Peninsular bighorns right off of the desert freeway.