San Luis Obispo, California
Madonna Inn
A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.
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San Luis Obispo, California
A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.
Solvang, California
In the "Danish Capital of America," a replica of one of Copenhagen's most iconic buildings.
Santa Barbara, California
For over 20 years, Lil Toot has delighted guests with narrated boat rides between Stearns Wharf and Santa Barbara Harbor, becoming a beloved local legend and top-rated experience for visitors.
San Bernardino County, California
The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.
San Antonio, Texas
Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.
Guadalajara, Mexico
For decades, the parade of apostles that left the Expiatory Temple of Guadalajara remained hidden inside one of the towers.
Ensenada, Mexico
Legend says one of the world's largest marine geysers is actually a whale that got wedged within the rocks.
Anaheim, California
The lead horse on a Disneyland merry-go-round that is older than the park itself.
Anaheim, California
The oldest attraction in Disneyland is a prehistoric stump that Walt may have bought for his wife.
Yermo, California
Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.
Las Vegas, Nevada
This vintage animatronics show is the Vegas version of a walk through the woods.
Baker, California
This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.
Escondido, California
A large sculptural artwork and garden in Escondido, California.
San Antonio, Texas
Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.
Fethiye, Turkey
These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.
Las Vegas, Nevada
This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.
San Diego, California
One of the largest trees of its kind in California.
Los Angeles, California
A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.
Huntington Beach, California
This midcentury LA bar was the birthplace of tiki culture.
Los Angeles, California
An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.
Los Angeles, California
The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.
Los Angeles, California
Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.
Los Angeles, California
Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.