Places gposey81 Wants to Go

This stockpile of junked electronic and mechanical gadgets is a favorite among Hollywood prop masters.

Gift shop offering toe tags and chalk body beach towels tucked into a coroner's office.

The most popular attraction in Southern California was once a flock of ornery bipedal birds that pulled carts.

Where religious effigies, magic soaps, and occult candles are brought to customers at wholesale prices.

"The Hoppiest Place in the World" holds the world’s largest collection of bunny memorabilia and is a singular testament of a couple's devotion to all things Leporidae.

Some of the most unusual (and in some cases, disgusting) flavors of soda imaginable.

A ticket to this nostalgia-soaked arcade comes with free play on more than 40 classic games.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

The famous blue house from the classic horror film "Halloween" is now a local landmark.

Home of the "Father of Forestry."

"The Star Factory" cranked out Hollywood stars like nobody's business.

Delve into a wealth of oddities, antiques, and taxidermy treasures.

Suburban observatory was personal lab of the father of modern astrophysics.

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

This store is dedicated to unique found footage and the strangeness of pre-internet pop-culture.

This large pile of traveler-curated rocks by the dry lakebed is a longstanding tradition on the Old Mojave Road.

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.

The creator of the carousel's bingo-pinball hybrid survives in California's oldest gaming establishment.

In one of the hottest parts of the Mojave Desert, shallow bedrock forces the typically dry Mojave River to the surface in this canyon, providing a vital oasis for humans and wildlife.

A collection of anti-communist sculptures stands watch in the Mojave Desert.

Fans of the spicy bright-red sauce can tour where it's made.

“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

The most unique castle in all of Southern California, entirely constructed from repurposed materials.