An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

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

The remains of the first punk club in L.A.

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

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

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

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

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

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

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

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

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

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

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

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.