The small family-run business has kept alive the fading art of creating beautiful handmade book covers.

An oddity shop filled with loads of bones, skulls, crafting materials, vintage taxidermy, and more.

A giant statue perched on dumpsters watches over the freeway.

A Buddhist retreat built on more than 100 acres of California Redwood forest.

An entertaining journey through the odd and strange awaits visitors to this shop.

Tucked away behind an unassuming set of shops is a must-see series of stunning murals.

One of the largest Buddhist communities in the West sits on the site of an old hospital.

The flow from this waterfall sometimes comes out of springs below its rim.

Over one million bird-related artifacts await.

A huge work of Burning Man-inspired outsider art on the grounds of a California winery.

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

More than 700 species live within this murky marvel of a swamp on California's coast.

A giant desert bird that once swung music fans at Coachella now has a home in a nearby traffic circle.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

The beauty and the beast of hydraulic mining is on full display at this California Historic State Park.

Spend a day hanging out with domesticated Russian foxes.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

Salt is slowly eating away this abandoned saltworks town in the desert.

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

Three vintage horses survived a 1976 inferno and found a home on a sister carousel.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.

Hopeless romantics will swoon over the sweet story behind this bright and colorful home.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.