Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

This unique sanctuary invites you to interact with the beautiful birds.

The Hopi-style structure was built by the man who discovered Desert Hot Springs' famous mineral water.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

The overgrown ruins of a once thriving World War I-era copper mine.

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

The house where Good Will Hunting was written is a surreal fairytale abode.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

The most unique castle in all of Southern California, entirely constructed from repurposed materials.

This “living museum” at UCLA exhibits thousands of plant species from all over the world.