Places curiouser 54cc2706 Wants to Go

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

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

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.

The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

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

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

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

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

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

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

Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.