A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.

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

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

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

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

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

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

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

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

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

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

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.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

The Giant Lemon of Lemon Grove.

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

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.