Along the Palisades skyline are the ruins of a large mansion built in 1911 and demolished in the 1930s.

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

This whimsical seashell-shaped place of worship was designed to blend into its surroundings.

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

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

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

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

An abandoned, unfinished mansion on grounds strewn with lava rocks.

A ruined hotel with an unlucky history and an eerie present.

Over 300 taxidermied animals in a Californian restaurant make for a taxidermist's dream and an animal lover's nightmare.

Cows on a ranch are commonplace, scattered cow bones everywhere? Not so much.

A dwindling menagerie of anthropomorphic oil derrick animals still dot the barren California landscape.

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

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

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

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

An eccentric folk art landmark made out of discarded bottles by an inspired "grandma."