An eccentric home stands out in an otherwise average neighborhood with mosaics, mini topiaries, and kinetic sculpture.

This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.

A tree grown from astronaut seeds which were exposed to cosmic rays.

Remains of a Greek freighter trapped off of Rocky Point in 1961.

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

Room 32 of the Alta Cienega Motel has grown into a shrine to the Lizard King.

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

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

Legendary prop shop filled with one man's collection of scientific curiosities.

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

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

Handmade treasures from around the world.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.