Legend says one of the world's largest marine geysers is actually a whale that got wedged within the rocks.

A 19th-century Baja cantina that many say is the birthplace of the margarita.

Get three sheets to the wind at this desert winery with a nautical theme.

Colorado Boulevard’s historic bookstore, operating since the bustling city of Pasadena was merely some orange groves and a few ostrich farms.

The American Home, Re-imagined.

This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.

A Bicycle Path in the Sky.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

The house where Good Will Hunting was written is a surreal fairytale abode.

A disquieting Aztec sculpture displays hundreds of stone skulls representing the victims of human sacrifice.

A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.

Fake rail crossings mark the site of an influential doctor's demise.

This eagle-topped spire remembers the military commander who snatched up California for the United States.

The oldest U.S. Government building in California, and it's State Historic Landmark #1.

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

This municipal playground was co-created by the father of one of the most playful characters ever.

Here, visitors can swing with the waves of the Pacific Ocean.

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

A small town lost in the mountains of southern Italy hosts the childhood home of one of the most famous saints of the 20th century.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.