Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

Located on 420 acres in the high desert, this spiritual center is dedicated to the "science of the future."

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

A "Titanic" superfan changed his name to Jack and set up this strange shrine to the blockbuster, complete with Korean food and Tarot readings.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

The art and history of the velvet painting are on full display in this Los Angeles museum.

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

The remains of the first punk club in L.A.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.

A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.

Acres of natural wonders left behind by a socialite-turned-gardener.

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.