Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

This museum boasts the ninth-largest collection of insects in North America.

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

An ultra-modern vista that has been featured in so many films the house is a celebrity in its own right.

The only museum of sake in the United States is nestled in an unlikely California college town.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

San Francisco's most expensive hotel suite includes a secret passageway rumored to have been used by JFK.

What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection. 

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

Art from the latest counter-culture; kids who dye their hair blue and believe the future will be a post-apocalyptic water world.

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

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

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

Discover for yourself what Herb Caen referred to as "the best kept secret in the Bay Area."

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.