A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.

A rococo retro-futurist future-rustic vernacular between yesterday’s tomorrow and the future that never was.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

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

A popular tourist cave with a dark past.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House On Haunted Hil" to a robot hunter's pad.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

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

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.