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

A creepy steel gremlin has protected the Bay Bridge since 1989.

Oldest building in California still in use.

Barely visible foundations remain where Stow Lake’s “observatory” once welcomed visitors.

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

Space program, pneumatics and more, bits and pieces, for movie sets or the common man.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

A dwindling menagerie of anthropomorphic oil derrick animals still dot the barren California landscape.

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.

This museum boasts the ninth-largest collection of insects in North America.

Gold Rush ship-turned-hotel buried underneath San Francisco's financial district.

Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

The illuminating collection of L.A. street lights is run by the city and only opens one day per month.

Because there's no place like home.

Semi-recognized center of the world, with many oddities.

Neoclassical Revival mansion and set of horror cult classic Phantasm.

A temple devoted to inner esoteric mysteries located in a California commercial strip.

Hidden in the back of a disused small town hotel is a dive bar shellacked with over a million pennies.