Curiously, this large sporting goods store features 14 wax representations of American presidents.

This beloved roadside attraction welcomes visitors with his signature neon smile.

This 18-foot-tall steel lotus is a meditation on ecological crisis that originally appeared at Burning Man.

The Mighty Wurlitzer organ continues to belt out the tunes at downtown El Segundo's historic home for silent and classic movies.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

A classic advertising icon immortalized in regal bronze.

It turns out that a hurricane-prone beach is probably not the best place to house wild animals.

The Yiddish language stages a renaissance in a shtetl-inspired cultural center on the San Diego coast.

On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.

A rococo retro-futurist future-rustic vernacular between yesterday’s tomorrow and the future that never was.

This lesser known Hearst estate is a fairytale village built from the stolen bones of historic European buildings.

From silent movie theater to rock &roll palace and beyond.

A replica of the first public theater built in California.

On the summer solstice each year, shadows align with a 14,000 square foot painting to reveal a secret message.

The hundreds of movies and television shows shot in this high desert town are commemorated in a unique museum.

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

Established in 1853, this crumbling cemetery sits forgotten on the corner of Church and Chapel in Gold Country.

The timepiece that exonerated a labor radical accused of a parade bombing that killed ten people.

The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.

The rustic cabin-like decor of this Arts and Crafts-style church reflects the love of nature central to its little-known theology.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

Where the leftovers of love affairs can live on forever.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.