At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

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

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

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

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

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

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

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

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

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

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

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

An unusual, super-sized grocery adventure awaits in an Ohio suburb.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.