Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

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

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

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

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

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

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

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

Nature is leading a successful mutiny on this century-old freighter.

Australian museum dedicated to human health and lack thereof.

This Toronto garden collects stares and tchotchkes in equal measure.

Secret Swing.

A memorial to the tens of thousands of Irish who fled to North America during the Great Famine.

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.

Willy Wonka would love this weird half-a-home.

Once the gateway to the utopian dream-village of a Civil War embalmer.

Social saloon from a scrapped trans-Pacific 19th century steamer.

An abandoned, unfinished mansion on grounds strewn with lava rocks.

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.

San Francisco’s condensed garden of incredible plant growth.

San Francisco's first World's Fair, dedicated to the wonders of California.