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

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

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

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

Tenacious mummies survived dental problems, eternal entombment, and more than their fair share of devastating fires.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

Built by the inventor of the radio, this abandoned hotel has housed early radio employees, military men, and a dangerous cult.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

A large instrument played by the wind.

Neither Spanish settlers nor anyone since has been able to tell who built these strange California rock walls.

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.