This historic-shipwreck-cum-diving-spot can still be seen poking its boiler out of the Lake Michigan waters that claimed it.

An avant garde art museum at the University of Chicago.

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and until recently, the largest glass mural in the US.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

Made famous by cable TV, this oddball collection of antiques and collectibles is a cut above the rest.

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

Perhaps the most unique of any Frank Gehry design for one simple reason: Gehry himself actually lives here.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

On a quiet suburban street stands a peculiarly decorated house covered in mosaics.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

A bright California graveyard with a decidedly dark side.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

A museum, art project, and institution that demands we look at the world around us in a strange new way.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

Dioramas and animatronics lead you through the story of Bhagavad-gita, the Indian literary classic.

Somewhere between an art studio and a print shop, this artists storefront is a house of worship devoted to type.