A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

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

From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.

A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.