A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

About 80% of all U.S. avocados are descendants of Rudolph Hass's glorious tree.

The world's oldest individual clonal tree looks like a wimp despite standing tall for 9,550 years.

A "Texanic" (gigantic Texas) collection of Art Deco architecture at Dallas' historic Fair Park.

Inspired by a music box, a small town Vietnam vet carved an entire carousel full of animals by hand.

The spot in the Mile-High City that's exactly 5,280 feet above sea level (at least for now).

This iconic science fiction house still looks like something from the future.

Travel through the wholesome amusements of yesteryear at this charming miniature village.

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.

An architect in Aspen used psychedelics as his muse while building this mushroom masterpiece.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.

A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.

A museum of magic with a Sadist past.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.