A futuristic-looking beach house built for the owner of a snack food brand.

Located close to a movie studio lot, this restaurant has a long history of star-studded patronage.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

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

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

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

The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

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San Francisco’s condensed garden of incredible plant growth.

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.