Willy Wonka would love this weird half-a-home.

This grubby wall is said to be one of the Earth's esoteric energy centers.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

Art Deco stylings conceal the true nature of this bridge.

Where the first "expert riders, willing to risk death daily" for the Pony Express were recruited.

A tiny survivor of the Donner Party disaster.

A ghost town originally established and governed solely by Black Americans seeking a place of their own, free from discrimination.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

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

It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.

Centuries of crashing waves carved out this small hole in the rock, which lights up at certain parts of the year.

This little valley along Highway 1 is engulfed by thousands of lilies during the spring season.

This cabin from the 1850s is one of the first structures built by Chinese immigrants in California.

For almost 100 years, this site of peace and spirituality has existed on the California coast.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

A symbol of friendship between the mountainous regions of Switzerland and Bhutan.

For centuries no one knew there were hundreds of bones and precious artwork hidden beneath this Swiss church.

A trove of ridiculously valuable prints and manuscripts under one roof.

One of the longest wooden benches in the world snakes around Geneva's Treille Promenade.