San Francisco, California
Golden Gate Park Vintage Carousel
This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.
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San Francisco, California
This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.
Topanga, California
An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.
Oakland, California
Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.
Newberry Springs, California
The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.
Banning, California
The biggest pinball arcade in the world has over 600 pinball machines, and 300 arcade machines.
San Jose, California
San Francisco Bay's ghost town.
San Diego, California
An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.
San Jose, California
The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.
Yucca Valley, California
A meditative space out of a fantasy story.
Los Angeles, California
This 'Murder House' grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.
Los Angeles, California
Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.
Cabazon, California
The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.
Los Angeles, California
A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.
San Francisco, California
The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into... we can't find the words.
Los Angeles, California
Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.
Los Angeles, California
A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.
Lancaster, California
Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.
Los Angeles, California
Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.
San Luis Obispo, California
A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.
San Francisco, California
A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.
San Francisco, California
Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.
Los Angeles, California
Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.
Glendale, California
A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.
San Francisco, California
Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.