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This midcentury LA bar was the birthplace of tiki culture.

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

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

Explore an early California pioneer's rancho hidden in LA's manufacturing hinterland.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

The Mighty Wurlitzer organ continues to belt out the tunes at downtown El Segundo's historic home for silent and classic movies.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

A remnant from the golden age of aviation still in use today, Pan Am's Clipper service took off from this Art Deco gem.

Founded by a man who called himself the greatest hunter alive.

Tucked away atop a quaint Alabama pharmacy is this tiny display of antique medical tools.

This reclusive Hopi village in Arizona has been continuously populated longer than anywhere else in America.

A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.

The highest point in Arizona is an oddly snow-topped peak within the otherwise arid state.

The wreckage of a deadly bomber plane crash can still be found near an Arizona peak.