A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

Home to secret Eastern Bloc spy equipment and the largest stretch of the original Berlin Wall outside of Germany.

A bright California graveyard with a decidedly dark side.

A museum, art project, and institution that demands we look at the world around us in a strange new way.

A monthly street "service" of handmade puppets and live original puppets, whose devotees profess has the power to change lives.

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

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

A popular winter vacation destination for migrating monarch butterflies.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

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

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

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

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

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.

Where the leftovers of love affairs can live on forever.

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

An eccentric folk art landmark made out of discarded bottles by an inspired "grandma."