Unusual California museums hiding off the beaten path

California’s backroads are home to some of the state’s most unusual museums, and Bartell’s Backroads host John Bartell is setting out to explore them. From the world-famous Crochet Museum in Joshua Tree to the American Armory Museum in Fairfield, where tanks line the entrance, each stop highlights creativity, personal passion, and unexpected storytelling. The journey continues through Napa County’s Lito’s Hubcap Ranch, Marin County’s Rancho Shazam, and San Luis Obispo’s Architecture Graveyard, where student projects live on outdoors. In Roseville, the Telephone Museum preserves the tools that once kept Californians connected, while Berkeley’s Aftel Archive of Curious Scents offers a museum experience built around smell rather than sight. Additional stops include a quirky fish museum inside a Chowchilla market. Together, these destinations show how California’s most eccentric museums often thrive far from the freeway, turning backroads into cultural adventures. #BartellsBackroads #CaliforniaMuseums #QuirkyCalifornia #RoadsideAttractions #HiddenCalifornia #WeirdMuseums #CaliforniaTravel #BackroadAdventures Get the news today live and weather with the free ABC10+ TV streaming app: https://www.abc10.com/article/about-u... Subscribe at: https://goo.gl/vai8Eu Find ABC10 online: https://www.abc10.com/ Sign up for our newsletter: https://www.abc10.com/email Stream ABC10 on Roku: https://channelstore.roku.com/details... Stream ABC10 on Amazon Fire: https://www.amazon.com/Gannett-Broadc... Stream ABC10 on AppleTV: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/abc10... Like ABC10 on Facebook:   / abc10tv   Like ABC10 on Instagram:   / abc10tv   Follow ABC10 on Twitter:   / abc10   App download Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/de... App download iPhone: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/abc10-n...