Places jekinthebox Wants to Go

A monthly street "service" of handmade puppets and live original puppets, whose devotees profess has the power to change lives.

The art and history of the velvet painting are on full display in this Los Angeles museum.

This collector's home is a constant work in progress.

A quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.

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

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

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

Delicate Wurlitzers, creepy clowns, and The Noid all share space in this insane explosion of kitsch history.

These lush groves of fan palms rise up like oases out of southern California's Colorado Desert.

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

An off-grid art installation that encourages its visitors to imagine a world without waste.

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

This magnificent, quirky home sits atop a literal gold mine in the middle of the Nevada desert.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

A breathtaking 19th-century trail overlooks Lake Tahoe.

This wilderness hike to a waterfall has an unlikely beginning in suburban Reno.

Eclectic collection of dark and macabre antiques.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

This hiking/biking/horse trail along an old railroad grade features trestles, tunnels, and a roadless stretch through the scenic Susan River canyon.

Despite being a perfectly pleasant place to be, Loyalton can't seem to attract any visitors.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

The tallest bridge in California was constructed for a project that was eventually cancelled.

A grave dedicated to the pioneers who settled California.