Joshua Tree, California
Beauty Bubble Salon and Museum
The quirky salon doubles as a retro museum run by the world's leading "hairstorian."
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Joshua Tree, California
The quirky salon doubles as a retro museum run by the world's leading "hairstorian."
Crockett, California
Junkbots and mud babies are the masterpieces in this fantastically sci-fi art museum.
San Francisco, California
A 1920s home transformed into an immersive art experience, where every room is a portal to another realm.
Menlo Park, California
A trail weaves through the verses of a poem illustrated by stone sculptures inspired by Native American pictographs.
San Francisco, California
This antique shop specializes in the history of print and design.
San Francisco, California
This giant head is all that remains of a once proud statue that survived an earthquake but not a fall off of a wagon.
Lake Elsinore, California
This stately structure has been abandoned for half a century.
Santa Ysabel, California
Spend a day hanging out with domesticated Russian foxes.
Mountain View, California
From the Difference Engine to the Cray-1, all under one roof.
Santa Monica, California
On a quiet suburban street stands a peculiarly decorated house covered in mosaics.
Long Beach, California
The 10-foot-wide Long Beach home was built on a dare.
Lone Pine, California
This rock formation named for its unique shape is one of many that call the Alabama Hills home.
Monterey, California
One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.
Twentynine Palms, California
The decaying adobe remains of an old homestead are just off the beaten path in Joshua Tree National Park.
Lone Pine, California
The hundreds of movies and television shows shot in this high desert town are commemorated in a unique museum.
Los Angeles, California
The exterior of this home was used for the hit television show, The Brady Bunch.
Fremont, California
This quaint archive of the silent era preserves and pays homage to a seminal moment in film history.
Pescadero, California
Elephant seals and sea lions have turned the abandoned buildings on this island into their endangered love shack.
Culver City, California
Home to secret Eastern Bloc spy equipment and the largest stretch of the original Berlin Wall outside of Germany.
Big Sur, California
It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.
Palm Springs, California
This general store offers visitors a glimpse back into the 1930s.
Menlo Park, California
Hidden among the multi-million dollar mansions in the Santa Cruz hills is a sanctuary for troubled birds.
San Francisco, California
A masterpiece in Golden Gate Park by virtue of the artist’s debt.
Klamath, California
Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.