A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

This historic building provides a powerful glimpse into the lives of Japanese Americans forced to relocate during World War II.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

Oldest building in California still in use.

This beautiful ridge-top trail is dotted by tiny homes apparently built by a group of itinerant fairies.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

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

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

Make your reservation to have coffee with some kitties.

A "sinister, whimsical, tacky, and really orange" public art installation hidden under a Seattle bridge.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

The art and history of the velvet painting are on full display in this Los Angeles museum.

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

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