What are some cool things to do in or around Anaheim, California?

Weird and fun things to do in San Diego?

• My friend's birthday is tomorrow and we love weird stuff. We recently stopped by Watts Towers a couple of weeks ago and that was really fun. My mum has a copy of Weird California, but she can't find it and so I can't really look through that for ideas. I'm trying to plan out a fun day for four people (my friend, her boyfriend, another mutual friend, and myself). The birthday girl is turning 21, but as not everyone is 21 yet, we're looking for something that doesn't center around a night of bars. However, everyone is over 18. So, for anyone who's ever been to San Diego and done some cool/unusual things of the legal variety, or lived there, what's the best way to spend an afternoon/evening in the area? We're thinking about Old Town because although I've been there, no one else in our group has, and we like (supposedly) haunted places/tours. Also, we'll be driving there from Anaheim (right by Disneyland), so we'd definitely consider anything along the way (like if there's a random thing/cool stop that we could make a part of our trip.) Also, we're trying to keep this inexpensive, so I'd appreciate it if suggestions were made with that in mind. Ideally free or cheap things. Thanks!

• Answer:

  San Diego Model Railroad Museum has some of the largest model railroad layouts in the world. 30,000 sq. ft. of model trains. Truly impressive. http://www.sdmodelrailroadm.com/general_info.html Body Worlds is currently at the Natural History Museum. It's an exhibit showing the insides of actual human bodies. http://www.sdnhm.org/exhibits/bodyworlds2/ Get a Balboa Park passport and explore the museums, botanical gardens and also the zoo. http://www.balboapark.org/info/passport.php Take a tour of the telescope at Palomar Observatory. http://www.astro.caltech.edu/palomar/tours.html Take a walk along La Jolla Cove, visit the caves, and then head to Birch Aquarium http://www.a-zsandiegobeaches.com/lajollacove.htm http://san-diego-hotel-reservations.com/san-diego-traveler-tips/you-gotta-see-la-jolla-caves.html http://aquarium.ucsd.edu/ Check out the surfers at the famous Windansea beach, home of Hot Curl and The Pumphouse Gang. At low tide you can walk out and explore the tidal pools. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windansea http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pump_House_Gang The baseball season started this week. Petco Park and the Gaslamp district is great at night. http://sandiego.padres.mlb.com/sd/ballpark/index.jsp The Carlsbad Flower Fields are in full bloom. http://www.theflowerfields.com/ The Old Point Loma Lighthouse offers spectacular views of the city and whale migration. There are trails that lead down to the tide pools. http://www.nps.gov/cabr/ Swami's Beach in Encitinitas is named for the Self-Realization Fellowship Retreat right on the ocean. Explore the park and architecture that looks the the Taj Mahal. While there you can drive by the Boat Houses (Houses in the shape of boats) http://www.beachcalifornia.com/swami.html http://www.beachcalifornia.com/boathous.html Torrey Pines Glider Port, where hang gliders fly from the bluffs over the naked people on Black's Beach. http://flytorrey.com/cms/