Historical Japanese-Dutch relations are honored with haunted rides and flower fields in this replica town.

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

Remains of a Greek freighter trapped off of Rocky Point in 1961.

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

The simple auditorium that launched a pop icon's career into the stratosphere.

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

A cobblestone alley with an interesting past.

Miniature art that tells an enormous story.

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

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

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

Steinbeck's old stomping grounds, immortalized in Cannery Row.

Bird dung painted this huge boulder which in turn inspired the name of a city.

"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.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."