This (occupied) house is 10 feet wide and full of spite.

A temple devoted to inner esoteric mysteries located in a California commercial strip.

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

A brooding mansion of clinker brick stands out among the Victorian houses of Pacific Heights.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

This sculpture garden in Death Valley makes you feel like you've slipped into some alternate reality.

This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.

An abandoned Cold War missile radar site.

This “living museum” at UCLA exhibits thousands of plant species from all over the world.

A B&B on a Victorian lighthouse station in San Francisco Bay.

The most isolated mailbox in America lets desert travelers record their passing.

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

Dioramas and animatronics lead you through the story of Bhagavad-gita, the Indian literary classic.

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

The Hopi-style structure was built by the man who discovered Desert Hot Springs' famous mineral water.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

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

“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

Hidden in the back of a disused small town hotel is a dive bar shellacked with over a million pennies.

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.