North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.

The peaceful gravesite of a rugged wild west gunman echoes the touching story of his last days.

This historic tower in the California desert promises visitors a "vortex of good vibes".

Room 32 of the Alta Cienega Motel has grown into a shrine to the Lizard King.

The Hopi-style structure was built by the man who discovered Desert Hot Springs' famous mineral water.

The house where Good Will Hunting was written is a surreal fairytale abode.

The long, arduous journey of the stones of the Abbey of New Clairvaux.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

California's oldest wind harp represents a historic piece of America's Danish history.

The largest Star Wars collection in the world is its own galaxy of collectibles.

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

A surreal, Gaudi-inspired play space near an Anaheim community center.

A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

The Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California."

The longest burning light bulb in the world.

Where religious effigies, magic soaps, and occult candles are brought to customers at wholesale prices.

This temple, built by an eccentric religious leader before his death, sits guarded and in ruins.

Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.

This odd California folly seems like it was almost designed to accumulate urban legends.

Abortion, prohibition, religion, war, and fear all play a part in the history of this idiosyncratic Pacifica castle.

An airy would-be solution to a housing shortage.