One of the best absinthe distilleries in the United States.

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

Home to secret Eastern Bloc spy equipment and the largest stretch of the original Berlin Wall outside of Germany.

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

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

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

A little barn in the middle of the city preserving Hollywood treasures since 1985.

Dioramas and animatronics lead you through the story of Bhagavad-gita, the Indian literary classic.

A small medical museum with a recreated doctor's office.

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

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

Legendary prop shop filled with one man's collection of scientific curiosities.

"The Hoppiest Place in the World" holds the world’s largest collection of bunny memorabilia and is a singular testament of a couple's devotion to all things Leporidae.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

9,000 square feet of vintage and modern mechanical toys, dioramas & sideshow curiosities.

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

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.