Places Dawn S Wants to Go

It's a fantastical local history museum with real stories -- including the first, and longest operating, traffic signal.

This Cleveland mansion has played host to a German singing group, a Prohibition-era speakeasy, a funeral parlor, and many civil rights meetings.

Pay your respects at the final resting place of the man behind one of the best-known names in food.

"You can only scalp a customer once, but you can give him a haircut every two weeks"-Barber's Maxim.

A monument to the “unrecognized dead” of the tragic 1876 train crash.

Medical history museum featuring a lovely doctor's office from the 1800s.

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

The Kansas City Barbecue restaurant also contains the original piano that was a central part of the famous "Great Balls of Fire" scene.

At 216 feet in length, this ornamental allium string is a feat to behold.

This California town keeps a graveyard of its retired, decorated fire hydrants.

This gray utility box is not full of wires; it is a tiny, operational theater hiding on a Downtown Los Angeles sidewalk.

A collection of old shoes in the middle of nowhere.

A giant fiberglass Muffler Man found new life as a rodeo guardian.

Kayak out to a floating restroom.

Built from one couple’s vast personal collection, this free museum showcases a century’s worth of state-sponsored agitprop.

Meet 'Big Josh,' the 20-foot-tall muffler man.

A quirky little oasis in the California desert where rescue animals abound.

The Gaslamp District's oldest bar sports a urinal marked with a golden plaque that was allegedly used by Mick Jagger.

Hidden inside a gift shop that doubles as a museum, this gargantuan yo-yo can only be operated by crane.

An oddity shop filled with loads of bones, skulls, crafting materials, vintage taxidermy, and more.

This bright and bubbly Palm Springs hotel was the brainchild of an iconic drag queen.

Artist Jack Pierson made this surreal sculpture in honor of Wonder Valley, a countercultural community on edge of civilization.

This monster board rode a monster wave to break two world records.

A unique local art exhibit that has continued to grow since 1989.