This large collection of tiny things revels in the art of fine machinery well made.

One of the few places in the world home to living stromatolites.

A memorial to the soldiers who died in the bloody battles to control Verdun in World War I.

An unusual "skull with ears" sits in the crypt of this small church tucked away at the end of a narrow alley.

The world's largest wooden trestle stretches across this desert canyon in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.

Acres of natural wonders left behind by a socialite-turned-gardener.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

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

A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

This beautiful ridge-top trail is dotted by tiny homes apparently built by a group of itinerant fairies.

This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.

The freeway that never was.

Lemon Grove, California is known for its giant lemon...and mummified bodies.

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

It would be a crime to miss it.

An enormous concrete structure built over a nuclear crater.