Places SemiruralYeti Wants to Go

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

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

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

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

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

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

A "Titanic" superfan changed his name to Jack and set up this strange shrine to the blockbuster, complete with Korean food and Tarot readings.

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

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

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

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

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

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

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

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

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