At this 1940s-era neighborhood favorite, you can still drink a cherry phosphate.

This large collection of tiny things revels in the art of fine machinery well made.

On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.

This infamous prison has a store where you can buy goods crafted by incarcerated people.

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

A hidden world of exotic succulents and cacti.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.

A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.

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.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

A cave 150 feet beneath Kansas City is the perfect climate for growing 10,000 delicate orchids.

The world's largest collection of fine-scale miniatures and one the nation's largest collections of antique toys.

This historic cliffside mansion uses a natural cave for air conditioning.