Machinery left over from California's once thriving mercury industry now attracts artists and explorers.

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

The mysterious, untimely death of a Canned Heat band member still haunts this unfinished home.

The freeway that never was.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

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

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

One of the largest helium balloons in the U.S. is a 112-foot ginormous orange.

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

This beautiful ridge-top trail is dotted by tiny homes apparently built by a group of itinerant fairies.

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.

A working model of a pressure-driven, high-speed rail whizzes around a private vineyard.

Room 32 of the Alta Cienega Motel has grown into a shrine to the Lizard King.

The Zalud family experienced a number of tragedies in one decade, giving rise to rumors that the 19th century house is haunted.

This Pringle-shaped ledge makes for the perfect photo op.

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

Wheels of chrome by the thousands adorn this California Historical Landmark.

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

Everything you always wanted to know about borates is here.

This 19th century train workshop is a treasure trove of railroad history.

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