A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

Three vintage horses survived a 1976 inferno and found a home on a sister carousel.

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

This San Diego museum is dedicated to preserving women’s historic achievements.

This odd California folly seems like it was almost designed to accumulate urban legends.

Law-protected wreckage serves as a peculiar memorial for an almost forgotten World War II tragedy.

This beautiful ridge-top trail is dotted by tiny homes apparently built by a group of itinerant fairies.

This lesser known Hearst estate is a fairytale village built from the stolen bones of historic European buildings.

Radioactivity still cause for concern at this urban explorer's paradise.

Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

Oldest building in California still in use.

This sculpture garden in Death Valley makes you feel like you've slipped into some alternate reality.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

The Hopi-style structure was built by the man who discovered Desert Hot Springs' famous mineral water.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

A creepy steel gremlin has protected the Bay Bridge since 1989.

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

An academy where anyone can train in the exciting acrobatic sports of parkour and freerunning.

A brooding mansion of clinker brick stands out among the Victorian houses of Pacific Heights.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

Room 32 of the Alta Cienega Motel has grown into a shrine to the Lizard King.

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.