Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

This mysterious petroglyph evokes the ancient swastika symbol but was later vandalized with the more troublesome Nazi one.

A giant desert bird that once swung music fans at Coachella now has a home in a nearby traffic circle.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

A 90-acre park on former landfill that hosts an annual kite festival.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

A pair of pure white felines guard the entrance to a spot of California real estate established as an artist's haven.

9,000 square feet of vintage and modern mechanical toys, dioramas & sideshow curiosities.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

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

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