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

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

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

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

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

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

A whimsical antique shop with a strong air of mystery, filled with items from ages, and what feels like worlds, past.

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into...we can't find the words.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

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

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

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

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

Tiny effigies of the victims of Edinburgh's famous Anatomy Murders.

A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.

Kitschy horror displays now fill the house where some very real serial killing took place.

All that remains of this small town is its mass grave and a myth of a voodoo priestess who predicted its demise.

A town whose main resource was blue asbestos... what could possibly go wrong?