If you are looking for a psychedelic eyeball or cartoon character candy dispenser, you may want to mosey on down to the Museum of Pez Memorabilia in Burlingame. First walking up to this haven of Pez, you may get the impression that it is no longer in business. Although, it is empty of customers and Pez aficionados--besides the employee--they are still open for business.

General admission for the museum is $3. You are able to step inside and do a full 360-degree turn and see everything and anything that is Pez, including original artwork and cases filled with vintage Pez dispensers that date all the way back to the late 1920s. There is the Pez gun that shoots up to five feet, the full body Santa, and a psychedelic dispenser of a hand holding an eyeball, all there surrounded by others just the same.

You can also take a gander at a corner that is devoted to vintage toys like Lincoln Logs and Erector Sets, which was placed there to contrast the plethora of dispensers.

Celebrities like Carrie Fisher (and in case you don't know, THE Princess Leia), George Lucas, and Jack from Jack in the Box fast food franchise autographed special dispensers, still seen in their original packaging.

In the store, you are able to purchase any of the Pez dispensers that your heart may desire. They range from Hello Kitty to sports teams trademarks. It is a candy phenomenon that you are still able to find in any of your local grocery stores.

Facts:
• The name Pez derived from the German word pfefferminz, which means peppermint.
• An Austrian named Eduard Haas invented the Pez in 1927. The candy was intended to be a peppermint breath mint for those who smoked cigarettes.

Visit the Pez Museum at 214 California Drive, Burlingame, CA, 94010 or online at http://www.burlingamepezmuseum.com.