One poet's handmade, anachronistic home.

A stranded woman lived alone on this remote island for 18 years, inspiring the great children's novel "Island of the Blue Dolphins."

The sole surviving relic of the San Francisco neighborhood cobbled together from old horsecars and streetcars.

Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.

Since World War II people have been decorating this stretch of the Yuma desert with signatures arranged out of rocks.

Wheels of chrome by the thousands adorn this California Historical Landmark.

This strangely vacant Western amusement seems to be an empty tribute to residents of Lucerne Valley.

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

Odd stone and concrete monuments in the "Poet of the Sierras" eclectic folly garden.

Large but largely ignored, these 42 life-size Liberty Bell replicas were a peculiar, unexplained feature on the facade of a Macy's department store.

The quirky salon doubles as a retro museum run by the world's leading "hairstorian."

These two monoliths have stood at the entrance to the neighborhood since the days it was called "Hollywoodland."

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

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.

Experience the "opulence, grace, and grandeur of Eureka's most famous Victorian Inn."

27-room home built with the fortune of a sugar magnate.

Inky sludge oozes to the surface of this beach thanks to a rare natural tar seep.

An enormous artwork that colorfully celebrates over 150 years of US military achievements.

An expansive and intricately restored mansion remains from over a century ago--and so do its ghosts.

The Mighty Wurlitzer organ continues to belt out the tunes at downtown El Segundo's historic home for silent and classic movies.

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

A treasure hunter's tiny bar, harboring celebrities since 1959.

This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.

Nationwide network of co-ownership underground catastrophe shelters.