Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

One man's quest for the ultimate road trip vehicle.

The building features one of the last remaining free-floating spiral grand staircases in the U.S.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

This last stalwart of the now-forgotten feminist restaurant movement has been serving food in an activist atmosphere since 1977.

Funhouse of found art and participatory sculpture.

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

Experience Larry Spring's self-taught "common sense" laws of physics.

Built by the inventor of the radio, this abandoned hotel has housed early radio employees, military men, and a dangerous cult.

Mysterious installations bring levity and light to a sometimes stodgy city.

The creator of the carousel's bingo-pinball hybrid survives in California's oldest gaming establishment.

Inside the Wayne County airport is an amazing collection of lights and sounds.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

At this airport "microcinema," you can catch a film before you catch a flight.

This shrine is an ode to the region's rich Hispanic heritage.

This dynamic entertainment venue brings a much-needed funkiness to the region with its bizarre art, eclectic films screenings, and peculiar performance pieces.

The world's largest sticker ball weighs in at a mighty 231 pounds.

A recreation of an Old West apothecary full of curios.

In the middle of a suburban Denver neighborhood is a cave that once provided solace for a prominent Ute chief and his family.

This once-popular otherworldly landscape was formed by one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history.

This deserted Gold Rush town is home to a Masonic lodge that, strangely enough, still holds meetings.

See six states, pickled freaks, rocks, and antiques.

An architect in Aspen used psychedelics as his muse while building this mushroom masterpiece.