A pair of pure white felines guard the entrance to a spot of California real estate established as an artist's haven.

One man's prolific, decade-long quest to turn trash into artistic treasure.

Chewing gum tycoon's memorial lies perched over wife's botanical gardens on Santa Catalina Island.

A wild west scene starring life-sized wooden statues hides in the trees behind Pierce College.

A Biblically-based Natural History Museum.

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

Cows on a ranch are commonplace, scattered cow bones everywhere? Not so much.

Reverend Franzo Wayne King administers spiritual enlightenment through the music of the jazz legend.

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

An artist's vision for connectivity spans seven continents and 16 countries.

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.

The show's fictional Korean medical camp was created in the Santa Monica hills.

An Airy Would-Be Solution to a Housing Shortage.

This temple, built by an eccentric religious leader before his death, sits guarded and in ruins.

Successful artist residence program has filled this ranch with dozens of sculptures over the years.

Where religious effigies, magic soaps, and occult candles are brought to customers at wholesale prices.

Cambria's most unique B&B features creative surroundings and fantastic food.

A large sculptural artwork and garden in Escondido, California.

Antiques by the Bay.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

This lesser known Hearst estate is a fairytale village built from the stolen bones of historic European buildings.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.