This bright yellow building is packed with sweet treats from all around the world, from chocolate-covered crickets to whoopie pies.

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

The world's first motel is now an administrative building for an apple farm.

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

Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.

Home to a forest of whimsical pygmy Coast live oak.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

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

World's largest carved onyx figure stands as a tribute to enduring peace.

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.

These curious caverns have been home to mushrooms, gangsters, and disco.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

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

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

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."