The beautiful 1920 Pantages Theatre remains hidden just underneath the LA Downtown Jewelry Exchange.

A rare surviving example of a pre-WWII Japanese garden, restored after years of neglect.

This store is dedicated to unique found footage and the strangeness of pre-internet pop-culture.

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

Come for the boats, stay to explore the intriguing assortment of art.

A local landmark with generations of spraypainted messages, and more being added each day.

A lawless town deep in Death Valley was famous for its riches and death rate.

This ramshackle ghost town is comprised of mining-era buildings collected from around the region.

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

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

The city of Rockford, Illinois is symbolically protected by a quartet of fittingly stony sentinels.

Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.

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

Hidden in the back of a disused small town hotel is a dive bar shellacked with over a million pennies.

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

A living museum dedicated to the legendary woodworker and his soulful furniture.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

Hidden inside a gift shop that doubles as a museum, this gargantuan yo-yo can only be operated by crane.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

A brief journey through early 19th-century pioneer life across Linn County.

The state's only comprehensive museum dedicated to the mineral that defined its history and economy.

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.