A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

Hidden beneath a bridge, this waterfall is known for the large amounts of graffiti painted on its base.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

Miniature art that tells an enormous story.

This little museum in the town where zombies were born celebrates the living dead.

12,000 sq. ft. museum tracing erotic art from antiquity to modern times.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

The biggest pinball arcade in the world has over 600 pinball machines, and 300 arcade machines.

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!

Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

A local farm's collection of unusual structures from a now defunct storybook amusement park.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

Located on 420 acres in the high desert, this spiritual center is dedicated to the "science of the future."

This crumbling UFO is one of only a few remaining "moveable ski chalets" of its kind.

Mutant vegetables, transgenic mosquitos, and atomic rodents span the walls of this one-of-a-kind museum.

This permanent exhibition celebrates the finest of our heartless automatons both real and fictional.

A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.

Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.