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

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House On Haunted Hil" to a robot hunter's pad.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

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

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

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

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

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.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

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

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

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

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.