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

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

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

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

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

A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

Exotic feline breeding compound and conservation center.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

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

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

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

The biggest pinball arcade in the world has over 600 pinball machines, and 300 arcade machines.

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

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

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

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.