Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

Elephant seals and sea lions have turned the abandoned buildings on this island into their endangered love shack.

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

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

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

A large instrument played by the wind.

Abortion, prohibition, religion, war, and fear all play a part in the history of this idiosyncratic Pacifica castle.

One of the most remote spots in America and the first protected wilderness area in Nevada, named after an old legend.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

A natural dome made of volcanic glass in Inyo National Forest.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

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

A popular tourist cave with a dark past.

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

This hidden amusement park is a magical escape for kids and kids-at-heart.

A store that sells all manner of bones, insects, and animal curiosities.

9,000 square feet of vintage and modern mechanical toys, dioramas & sideshow curiosities.

Travelers exchange letters with woodland creatures at this mini post office.

An abandoned Cold War missile radar site.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.