The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

Here, visitors can swing with the waves of the Pacific Ocean.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

Ride on a fully-restored Nike nuclear-tipped missile elevator from the Cold War.

Monumental sculptures of Patrick Amiot, constructed from debris, detritus, and determination.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

Hand-powered race of alternative forms of transportation.

The former Naval shipyard is open for exploring - mostly.

This California family's ancestral melon is sold only here.

An enchanting tunnel of cypress trees leads to an old morse code station still used today.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

Ancient artists in the middle of nowhere.

This "dead marsh" sits among the largest sand dunes in the world, a forest frozen in time.

Road signs in Namibia mark the location of one of the five major circles of latitude.

In Namibia there is an installation that explores the intertwined linguistics and existential beliefs of an imaginary community.

An abandoned, unfinished mansion on grounds strewn with lava rocks.

A huge work of Burning Man-inspired outsider art on the grounds of a California winery.