The 10,000 Torii shrine.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

Coast along one of Japan’s mountain railways for coveted views of magnificent hydrangeas.

Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

An artist's vision for connectivity spans seven continents and 16 countries.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.

Crumbling pink walls and murder memorials preserve the pioneer history of Joshua Tree.

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

While exploring the desert, you can stop by the home of a fictional heretic from a parallel universe.

The only thing stranger than stumbling onto these philosophical musings is the story of the homesteader who created them.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

A rococo retro-futurist future-rustic vernacular between yesterday’s tomorrow and the future that never was.