L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.

This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

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

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

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

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

This former open-pit manganese mine is now a massive graffiti canvas.

The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.

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

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

The self-made house sculpture of an outsider artist who named himself "Chief Rolling Thunder."

The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

Originally built as a promotional giveaway, this suburban house was designed to be an IRL version of the Simpson home.

Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.