A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

This peaceful garden is hidden on the grounds of a spiritual organization founded by a pioneer yogi.

A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.

Its dark depths conceal millions of rare, delicate crystal formations.

Appropriation-friendly collection of books, periodicals, and more.

A temple devoted to inner esoteric mysteries located in a California commercial strip.

Semi-recognized center of the world, with many oddities.

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

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

The beautiful 1920 Pantages Theatre remains hidden just underneath the LA Downtown Jewelry Exchange.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

The largest drain hole in the world.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

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