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An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

A spiritual retreat in the heart of Los Angeles offers stunning gardens and a labyrinth to lose yourself in.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A porcelain company's former dumping ground, completely covered in pieces of collectible ceramics.

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

A tree grown from astronaut seeds which were exposed to cosmic rays.

This Alamo Square mansion is rumored to have hosted satanic rituals and other occult practices.