A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

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

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

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

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

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

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

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

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

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