An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

Mexican food and folk art.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

"The Hoppiest Place in the World" holds the world’s largest collection of bunny memorabilia and is a singular testament of a couple's devotion to all things Leporidae.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

A quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

This “living museum” at UCLA exhibits thousands of plant species from all over the world.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.

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

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

No matter what it might seem like on film, most scenes filmed on a plane are filmed at this LA studio.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.