It is locally loved and ridiculed for literally looking like poop.

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

A UFO scrapyard in the California desert.

Salt is slowly eating away this abandoned saltworks town in the desert.

An abandoned Cold War missile radar site.

In California, colorful roadside signs remind us all that love transcends borders.

Gnomes have their very own bonsai-landscaped settlement on a university campus.

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

Rusty pieces of metal jutting out of a breakwater are all that's visible of the 12,500-ton ocean liner that capsized just off the beach.

This 1920s masterpiece of French Quarter architecture hides a secret tunnel used by Albert Einstein.

A water tower shaped like a giant coffee pot looms over a small Swedish village in Central California.

This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.

A pair of disused Los Angeles electrical poles now glow with delicate windows into the past.

Hopeless romantics will swoon over the sweet story behind this bright and colorful home.

A restored 1920s cascade stairway provides one of the best views of Oakland's Lake Merritt.

An abandoned car and strange wooden debris are among the scattered remains of the old sand and gravel quarry.

A unique piece of graffiti offers a little slice of local history and mystery.

This small oasis of flora and art was created in remembrance of a local auto business owner.

The remains of a deserted steamboat sit rusting beside an old ferry pier and an abandoned train platform.

The mall's looks were inspired by the cowboy extras who used to meet up—and cause real trouble—at this Hollywood hub.

Its dark depths conceal millions of rare, delicate crystal formations.

A mountain range on an active U.S. Navy base hides thousands of mysterious prehistoric rock carvings.

At this deceptively beautiful beach, nothing is what it seems.

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.