A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

Mexican food and folk art.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

Inside an old airplane hangar, friends and strangers alike play on a massive trampoline.

A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.

Contemporary art inspired by natural history and science drawing on ancient techniques in a modern world.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

Acres of natural wonders left behind by a socialite-turned-gardener.

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

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

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.

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

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