A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

Chewing gum tycoon's memorial lies perched over wife's botanical gardens on Santa Catalina Island.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

Hiding amid the largest camellia collection in the country lies a charming children's maze, donated by a secret admirer.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

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

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.