A comprehensive collection of Pez dispensers.

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

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

This quaint archive of the silent era preserves and pays homage to a seminal moment in film history.

An ultra-modern vista that has been featured in so many films the house is a celebrity in its own right.

Tenacious mummies survived dental problems, eternal entombment, and more than their fair share of devastating fires.

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

The only museum of sake in the United States is nestled in an unlikely California college town.

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

Lemon Grove, California is known for its giant lemon...and mummified bodies.

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

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

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

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

The biggest pinball arcade in the world has over 600 pinball machines, and 300 arcade machines.

In the middle of the desert, miles from any human life, sat an anomalous pay phone that still magically answers your calls.

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

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

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

A large instrument played by the wind.