San Luis Obispo, California
Madonna Inn
A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.
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San Luis Obispo, California
A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.
Los Angeles, California
Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.
Santa Cruz, California
A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.
Mammoth Lakes, California
Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.
Calipatria, California
A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.
Los Angeles, California
Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.
Fremont, California
The old Niles Canyon Aqueduct in the San Francisco Bay Area is a bemusing and secret trail through nature for wayward travelers.
Inyo County, California
The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.
Los Angeles, California
The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.
Los Angeles, California
Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.
San Francisco, California
A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.
San Francisco, California
A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.
San Francisco, California
An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.
San Francisco, California
Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.
Los Angeles, California
World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Los Angeles, California
During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.
Hermiston, Oregon
A stunning landscape of bunkers that once stored chemical weapons.
Jacksonville, Oregon
Sasqu(w)atch out!
Ashland, Oregon
A forensic lab dedicated to fighting crimes against wildlife.
Crescent, Oregon
This extinct shield volcano is the lightning rod of the Cascades.
Astoria, Oregon
A delightfully quirky blend of oddities spread throughout an old 1920s bank.
Tillamook, Oregon
The largest wooden building in the world now houses a fascinating collection of aircraft.
Astoria, Oregon
This graveyard is the eternal home of many brave pioneers who settled the Great Northwest.