Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.

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

This grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

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

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

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

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."

The remains of a 19th century spring, and the site of an infamous unsolved murder.

Once in a state of dilapidation, this candy-inspired fortress is now being revived.

A National Historic Landmark with a scenic clock tower and park filled with deer and peacocks, plus a military museum.

It specializes in outsider art and artifacts of secret societies.

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.