A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

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

The old Niles Canyon Aqueduct in the San Francisco Bay Area is a bemusing and secret trail through nature for wayward travelers.

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

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

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

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

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.