A beautiful and classically designed villa, with an hourly infestation of monsters.

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

The old Niles Canyon Aqueduct in the San Francisco Bay Area is a bemusing and secret trail through nature for wayward travelers.

A comprehensive collection of Pez dispensers.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

A rococo retro-futurist future-rustic vernacular between yesterday’s tomorrow and the future that never was.

The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.

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

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

A large sculptural artwork and garden in Escondido, California.

A world-class observatory in the California desert.

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

360-degree virtual reality chamber physically immerses scientists into their data.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

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

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

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

This well-traveled chess park offers scenic views of the pacific and a colorful, eclectic clientele.

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

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

Suburban observatory was personal lab of the father of modern astrophysics.