Los Angeles, California
The Moore Lab of Zoology
One of the world's largest collections of rare and magnificent bird specimens.
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Los Angeles, California
One of the world's largest collections of rare and magnificent bird specimens.
Oro Grande, California
Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.
Los Angeles, California
A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.
Los Angeles, California
High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.
Los Angeles, California
The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.
Los Angeles, California
Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.
Los Angeles, California
Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.
Bridgeport, California
Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.
Lee Vining, California
Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.
Bombay Beach, California
Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.
Big Sur, California
It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.
Silverado, California
The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.
Los Angeles, California
Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.
Beatty, Nevada
Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.
Inyo County, California
An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.
Calipatria, California
This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.
Inyo County, California
Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.
Calipatria, California
A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.
Cambria, California
A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.
San Luis Obispo, California
An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.
San Luis Obispo, California
A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.
San Bernardino, California
A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.
Trona, California
One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.