This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.

Crumbling pink walls and murder memorials preserve the pioneer history of Joshua Tree.

Where the rich wintered in Pasadena.

Making Ice Cream Hip Since 2008.

Originally the home of chewing gum mogul William Wrigely Jr, it is now the official offices of the Tournament of Roses.

A natural history wunderkammer in the middle of the desert.

This striking public art installation is suspended above a public park, designed to gently move in the breeze.

All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.

Collection of vintage trailers double as hotel rooms.

Limestone caves with spectacular showcase chambers.

Miniature art that tells an enormous story.

Outsider Art Community.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

In this small Phoenix taxidermy emporium, you can find everything from a squid in a jar to a freeze-dried toad.

The most unique castle in all of Southern California, entirely constructed from repurposed materials.

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

The first U.S. town to secede from the Union, only to vote themselves right back in.

A mysterious and endangered parasitic herb from the California desert.

Hiding amid the largest camellia collection in the country lies a charming children's maze, donated by a secret admirer.

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

Mediums from a psychic utopian community lead a trippy VR journey on a parked desert bus.

Malibu's first beach home features an astonishing trove of ceramic tiles.