Places SoCal Creature Wants to Go

This midcentury LA bar was the birthplace of tiki culture.

Delve into a wealth of oddities, antiques, and taxidermy treasures.

"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.

An airy would-be solution to a housing shortage.

The American Home, Re-imagined.

A dry lake is what remains of a community founded on a real estate scam.

Museum dedicated to the preservation of surf culture.

This monster board rode a monster wave to break two world records.

A world-class observatory in the California desert.

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

A small, peaceful sculpture garden with a grim memorial to a disaster that took place a few blocks away.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

The remnants of a failed socialist commune can still be found just off a California highway.

A relic from a forgotten bakery chain still spins atop a diner.

Mediums from a psychic utopian community lead a trippy VR journey on a parked desert bus.

Nestled in Coachella Valley, this museum transports guests from the Mesozoic Era, to the land of Egyptian kings.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

Where decommissioned airplanes and helicopters go to become part of Hollywood.

A small sculpture garden that provides a microcosmic representation of California.

This mysterious and creepy location instills a strong sense of foreboding in all visitors.

Fans of the spicy bright-red sauce can tour where it's made.

This enormous World War II relic is one of the largest wooden structures in the world.

This general store offers visitors a glimpse back into the 1930s.