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Dining room at the Madonna Inn

San Luis Obispo, California

Madonna Inn

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

The view from outside the fence.

Palm Springs, California

Volkswagen Spider Sculpture

This giant spider sculpture made from the iconic car is one giant visual pun.

Organ Stop Pizza

Mesa, Arizona

Organ Stop Pizza

Come for the pizza, stay for a performance on the world's largest theater pipe organ.

Robo Lights

Palm Springs, California

Robo Lights

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

Knight of Shields, guiding seekers of dates.

Indio, California

Shields Date Garden

A giant knight, sex education, date shakes, and Jesus coexist happily in this Coachella Valley desert oasis.

Peggy Sue's 50's Diner & Diner-Saur Park

Yermo, California

Peggy Sue's 50's Diner & Diner-Saur Park

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

No Trespassing. Ever.

Groom Lake, Nevada

Area 51

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

Clown Motel

Tonopah, Nevada

Clown Motel

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

Old Tonopah Cemetery

Tonopah, Nevada

Old Tonopah Cemetery

There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.

The Little A'Le'Inn

Alamo, Nevada

Little A'Le'Inn

An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.

Santa Cruz Mystery Spot

Santa Cruz, California

Santa Cruz Mystery Spot

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

The museum.
Permanently Closed

Felton, California

Bigfoot Discovery Museum

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.

An exterior shot of the Carson Mansion.

Eureka, California

The Carson Mansion

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

Avenue of the Giants

Humboldt County, California

Avenue of the Giants

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

A car mid-drive through the tree.

Leggett, California

Chandelier Tree

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

Confusion Hill

Piercy, California

Confusion Hill

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

Cyclisk stretches 65 feet straight into the air

Santa Rosa, California

Cyclisk - Santa Rosa Monument

340 bicycles, 65 feet high.

Hans Christian Andersen Museum

Solvang, California

Hans Christian Andersen Museum

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

Don't let the unassuming entrance fool you.

Culver City, California

The Museum of Jurassic Technology

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

Entrance to East Jesus

Calipatria, California

Slab City

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

The Octobass at the Musical Instrument Museum

Phoenix, Arizona

Octobass

The massive, incredibly rare instrument is over 11 feet tall with a range so deep it goes lower than humans can hear.

Underneath Her Secret is Patience at night

Phoenix, Arizona

'Her Secret Is Patience'

This striking public art installation is suspended above a public park, designed to gently move in the breeze.

The Flying V Cabin.

Phoenix, Arizona

The Flying ā€œVā€ Cabin

This rustic cabin, outfitted with gun slits, was once home to John D. Tewksbury, patriarch of the bloodiest family feud in American history.

Salvation Mountain

Calipatria, California

Salvation Mountain

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

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