Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

A glittering South Asian anomaly in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb.

“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

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 fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

A 250 million-year-old rock formation has earned a rather unique nickname.

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

Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.

Mexican food and folk art.

These structures were inspired by both Native American shelters as well as, strangely, an ice cream shop.

The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.

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

The only museum and archive west of the Mississippi that is dedicated to the study of Abraham Lincoln.

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.