Lemon Grove, California is known for its giant lemon...and mummified bodies.

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

Half of a house.

Located on 420 acres in the high desert, this spiritual center is dedicated to the "science of the future."

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

This well-traveled chess park offers scenic views of the pacific and a colorful, eclectic clientele.

A wild west scene starring life-sized wooden statues hides in the trees behind Pierce College.

The last orange grove of the San Fernando Valley is owned and protected by CSU Northridge.

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

Etched into a dry lake bed, this massive directional indicator is accurate without magnets.

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

This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

Rusty pieces of metal jutting out of a breakwater are all that's visible of the 12,500-ton ocean liner that capsized just off the beach.

This stately structure has been abandoned for half a century.

Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.

The last Americana on Route 66.

This temple, built by an eccentric religious leader before his death, sits guarded and in ruins.

Where decommissioned airplanes and helicopters go to become part of Hollywood.

One of the largest helium balloons in the U.S. is a 112-foot ginormous orange.

A museum dedicated to restoring vintage aircraft, located at a working airport.