Hopeless romantics will swoon over the sweet story behind this bright and colorful home.

A UFO scrapyard in the California desert.

A classically inspired temple in Redwood City.

The sea once considered an ecological wasteland is now called "crown jewel of avian biodiversity" by scientists.

This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.

Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.

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

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

A glittering South Asian anomaly in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb.

A hidden world of exotic succulents and cacti.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

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

From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

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

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.