Pioneertown, California
Pappy and Harriet's Pioneertown Palace
A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.
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Pioneertown, California
A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.
Riverside, California
Mexican food and folk art.
Palm Springs, California
An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.
Cabazon, California
The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.
Landers, California
Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.
Joshua Tree, California
Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.
Los Angeles, California
From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.
San Francisco, California
A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.
Los Angeles, California
The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.
Los Angeles, California
This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.
Los Angeles, California
This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.
Los Angeles, California
This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.
Valladolid, Mexico
If you can look past the nearby sewer pipes, this urban sinkhole grotto is a mini-paradise.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.
Lincolnshire, Illinois
This sprawling mini-golf empire is an impressive testament to a disappearing attraction.
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.
Austin, Texas
One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.
New Orleans, Louisiana
In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.