A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

A magnificent, reportedly haunted mansion built for a composer by Spiritualists.

A mysterious and terrifying public art goblin seemingly meant to inspire local legend.

The grandson of a Kiowa chief created what has become the iconic symbol of a city on the Plains.

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

These unusual houses look like giant boats that washed ashore on a residential street.

This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.

Get fishing gear and craft beer at this restaurant on the pier.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

This historic graveyard was partially paved over to create a streetcar line.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

A small island hides in plain sight on Austin's Lady Bird Lake.

A high-octane shrine to the greatest Texans who ever lived.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.

This enormous World War II relic is one of the largest wooden structures in the world.