An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

Barely visible foundations remain where Stow Lake’s “observatory” once welcomed visitors.

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

Cozy basement bar sports an inventory of over 2,000 beers.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House On Haunted Hil" to a robot hunter's pad.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

An all-American grocery store in Paris sells U.S. "cuisine" like Pop-Tarts and Heinz ketchup to homesick ex-pats.

The site of the first medieval crusade that pitted Christians against Christians.

Once a 19th-century brasserie, this McDonald's exterior celebrates Alsatian design and the "King of Beer."