Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

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

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

A hard-to-reach oasis in a desolate corner of Death Valley National Park.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

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

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

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

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

A popular tourist cave with a dark past.

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

A large instrument played by the wind.

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

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

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

The largest drain hole in the world.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.