California Videos
Our California road trip highlights, interviews with roadside attraction creators, clips from vintage travel shorts, and videos by Roadside America fans.
Boron |
Kostopoulos: First Toilet Seat Roadside America Road Trip Archives: Outsider artist John A. Kostopoulos told us about his first toilet seat painting, before 1942's Battle of Casablanca.Go to video |
Kostopoulos: Saddam Called Me From the Roadside America Road Trip Archives: John A. Kostopoulos told us about a really grateful toilet portrait subject -- Saddam Hussein (1994).Go to video |
Animatronic 20 Mule Team There's a hidden gem in the Twenty Mule Team Museum. But where else would you expect to find it?Go to video |
Burlingame |
World's Biggest Dispenser of Pez Gary Doss, curator of the Burlingame Museum of Pez Memorabilia, shows us the World's Biggest Dispenser of Pez.Go to video |
Felicity |
Center of the World: Be It Further Resolved Our visit to the Center of the World triggers a special Proclamation by Mayor Istel, assisted by his wife Felicia.Go to video |
Hesperia |
Miles Mahan at Hulaville Roadside America Road Trip Archives: Video snippets of Miles Mahan from 1985, and a later visit in 1994.Go to video |
Lancaster |
Musical Road - Oddity Odysseys Southern California explorers Bethany and Drew play the Musical Road in Lancaster.Go to video |
Long Beach |
Queen Mary Reopens Famous ocean liner permanently docked as a tourist attraction. [This Exit for News, 2023-1-12]Go to video |
Los Angeles |
Bronson Cave - Oddity Odysseys Dynamic duo Bethany and Drew explore a man-made cave used in over 100 Hollywood movies and TV shows.Go to video |
Mill Valley |
Nike Missile Site Tour Preserved Cold War nuclear defense installation, Nike Missile Site SF-88. Clips from 1960 Army film "The Nike-Hercules Story"Go to video |
Nice |
Laughing Sal Show, Clarke's Collectibles Tipster video: Something to do with your spare quarters at Clarke's Lunch Box Museum.Go to video |
Niland |
Exploring Salvation Mountain Though Leonard Knight is no longer with us, his painted mountain is still admired as a marvel of spiritual folk art (2018).Go to video |
Oakland |
Children's Fairyland (1950) Ride a miniature train with a munchkin to Children's Fairyland, a colorful, crazy-angled, kid-sized theme park in Oakland, California. In the 1950s, it was a radical place.Go to video |
San Bernardino |
Exploring the McDonald's Museum A Happy Meal of McD trivia and memorabilia at the original fast food phenom site, opened in 1940 by Dick and Mac McDonald, now a museum.Go to video |
Santa Cruz |
Who's Unnaturally Attracted to Mystery Spots? 1996 video, chatting with guide Pat Musselman, at the Mystery Spot.Go to video |
Stockton |
King of the Windmills Roadside America Road Trip Archives: 1996 interview with Frank Medina, known worldwide for his windmill collection and his incredible teeth.Go to video |
Sunol |
Sunol Remembers Mayor Bosco A bronze statue was unveiled in 2008, honoring America's Dog Mayor, Bosco Ramos.Go to video |