A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

A ruined hotel with an unlucky history and an eerie present.

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

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

The old Niles Canyon Aqueduct in the San Francisco Bay Area is a bemusing and secret trail through nature for wayward travelers.

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

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

The home of one of California's most important horticulturalists wilts amidst a lovely park.

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

The Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California."

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

Graffiti-covered ruins that were once part of a farm owned by a mental hospital.