Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

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

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

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

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

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

A magical and peaceful ruined Cistercian abbey in what is now southern Belgium.

An undulating wicker beast looms peacefully atop a sand dune in Belgium.

Part modern art project, part traditional chapel, this see-through church is only substantial from the right angle.

An unsanctioned shrine that sprung up outside the late singer's home is causing a stir in London's Highgate neighborhood.

Step into Narnia at this small park featuring statues from "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe."

Vibrant paintings stretch across 600 feet of derelict railway.

This tree was grafted from the actual tree that led Isaac Newton to ponder the theory of gravity.