The modest home of the very immodest dancer who cost a king his crown.

A watering hole where the options for seating include a bar, patio, or subterranean cave.

A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.

Colorful Native American paintings are hidden within this small cavern.

Eat a tasty meal in the house where John Steinbeck was born.

This restaurant's marvelous musical machines include a self-playing violin.

What began as an illegal art installation has become a symbol for unity, ocean awareness, and coastline preservation.

This large pile of traveler-curated rocks by the dry lakebed is a longstanding tradition on the Old Mojave Road.

Centuries of biking history are nestled in the shadow of the birthplace of contemporary mountain biking.

An abandoned 1930s gas station turned bustling neighborhood park.

A gap in the concrete has been transformed into a miniature playground for the mind.

These unusual houses look like giant boats that washed ashore on a residential street.

The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.

Each summer, the migratory bats living beneath the bypass form "batnadoes" at dusk.

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

Pillars made of 700 pieces of luggage climb to the ceiling of Sacramento Airport's baggage claim.

Hidden in a hotel parking lot is a strange historical plaque erected by an obscure fraternal society.

This fully intact Neoclassical-Greek Revival style firehouse operated until 1938.

A fine mixture of the old and the new topped with an art deco neon spire.

California's oldest existing theater building hosted an impressive cast of celebrities, including hosting Mark Twain's first lecture.

This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.

Erroneously called the world's tallest flagpole, this landmark is devoted to "good neighborliness."

Two groundbreaking brothers from Pasadena.

Giant jewel-toned statues fill the grounds of this Cambodian Buddhist temple in California.