Over 300 taxidermied animals in a Californian restaurant make for a taxidermist's dream and an animal lover's nightmare.

This odd California folly seems like it was almost designed to accumulate urban legends.

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

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

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

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

Mexican food and folk art.

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

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

Sail through this subterranean show cave that is home to a legend that would go on to name nearly everything around it.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

Where manatees are the snowbird vacationers in these balmy Florida springs.