This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

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

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

This Pringle-shaped ledge makes for the perfect photo op.

This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.

The overgrown ruins of a once thriving World War I-era copper mine.

This seemingly out-of-place gas station by the Watergate hotel was once described as the most expensive gas station in the world.

The little-known, 300-year history of the area includes former lives as a bustling tobacco port, parking lot, and industrial dump.

Those with a sharp eye can find the hidden image of a German Shepherd on the memorial's Mural Wall.

Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.

Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."

Home to items never before seen by the public.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.