A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

A tree grown from astronaut seeds which were exposed to cosmic rays.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

Large tower used for simulating radiation of Hiroshima bomb and the tallest object ever relocated.

A tree bears footwear on the loneliest road in America.

An abandoned cyanide mill is now a haunting magnet for graffiti and illegal parties.

This 18-foot-tall steel lotus is a meditation on ecological crisis that originally appeared at Burning Man.

An iconic 1960s theater with a Buckminster Fuller-style geodesic dome.

This former shopping outlet is now adorned with beautiful graffiti and murals.

This beloved roadside attraction welcomes visitors with his signature neon smile.

Thousands of acres of beautiful wild landscape in the Great Basin.

Curiously, this large sporting goods store features 14 wax representations of American presidents.

This magnificent, quirky home sits atop a literal gold mine in the middle of the Nevada desert.

Bill Murray bowled three straight strikes here at Reno's "Taj Mahal of Tenpins."

The world's largest dead polar bear, immortalized by taxidermy and Hunter S. Thompson.

Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.

A unique solar-powered pottery studio and gallery in the desert.

Local history museum with mammoth bones and an old myth about local giants

This historic estate on the east shore of Lake Tahoe was home to an eccentric millionaire (and his pet elephant, Mingo).

The eerie ruins of an isolated abandoned town nicknamed "the Widowmaker" for its deadly gold mine.

This mother-daughter run curiosities shop is a beautifully odd mix of taxidermy and exotic plants.