A popular winter vacation destination for migrating monarch butterflies.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

California's oldest wind harp represents a historic piece of America's Danish history.

This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.

An eccentric home stands out in an otherwise average neighborhood with mosaics, mini topiaries, and kinetic sculpture.

The cobbled together compound of a deceased artist which now serves as a filming location.

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

A large sculptural artwork and garden in Escondido, California.

340 bicycles, 65 feet high.

Cambria's most unique B&B features creative surroundings and fantastic food.

This odd California folly seems like it was almost designed to accumulate urban legends.

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

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

This sculpture garden in Death Valley makes you feel like you've slipped into some alternate reality.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

No one's quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

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

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

This (occupied) house is 10 feet wide and full of spite.

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.