Live long and prosper in Tennessee.

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

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

This "synagogue" is not what it seems to be.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

The quirky salon doubles as a retro museum run by the world's leading "hairstorian."

While exploring the desert, you can stop by the home of a fictional heretic from a parallel universe.

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

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

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

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

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."