An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

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

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

Where the leftovers of love affairs can live on forever.

A classic American barn that was the home of a classic American television star.

This well-traveled chess park offers scenic views of the pacific and a colorful, eclectic clientele.

The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.

A quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

The hotel room where Janis Joplin tragically died has now become a makeshift shrine to the singer.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.

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