The cobbled together compound of a deceased artist which now serves as a filming location.

This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.

DIY collection of eclectic holdings.

The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.

There is an unmarked red button hidden over Houston's Buffalo Bayou that is just begging to pushed...

At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.

The historic “pink house on the hill” is an architectural gem that now serves as a center for water conservation.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

Oldest building in California still in use.

This California tree is the single source of the state's entire orange industry.

This monster board rode a monster wave to break two world records.

A surreal, Gaudi-inspired play space near an Anaheim community center.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

The simple auditorium that launched a pop icon's career into the stratosphere.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

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

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.