This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

Outside San Francisco lies a small clown cemetery and memorial.

This odd little museum holds exhibits on everything from blacksmith equipment to hair jewelry.

A large instrument played by the wind.

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

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

The headquarters of the semiconductor giant has a 10,000-square-foot museum.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

It took years to decode its mysterious messages.

This restaurant's marvelous musical machines include a self-playing violin.

The rest of him lived another 61 years and was buried elsewhere.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

A 19th-century cabin built into a hollowed-out Sequoia tree.

A water tower shaped like a giant coffee pot looms over a small Swedish village in Central California.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."

Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.