Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

The most unique castle in all of Southern California, entirely constructed from repurposed materials.

Mexican food and folk art.

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

World's oldest operating science fiction and fantasy club, once home to Ray Bradbury and L. Ron Hubbard.

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

One of the best places to dig—some say on the planet—for six different types of chalcedony.

A blast of nostalgia awaits visitors to this miniature indoor raceway.

A luxurious doomsday bunker hidden beneath an unassuming Las Vegas home offers the best of subterranean suburbia.

Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.

An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.

A colony of Mexican free-tailed bats live under the bridge and take flight at sundown all summer long.

Stock up on all your horror paraphernalia at this year-round Halloween emporium.