The overgrown ruins of a once thriving World War I-era copper mine.

A UFO scrapyard in the California desert.

This unique sanctuary invites you to interact with the beautiful birds.

Wheels of chrome by the thousands adorn this California Historical Landmark.

In the days before HD projectors and IMAX, some of the most powerful projectors belonged to planetariums.

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.

The Mighty Wurlitzer organ continues to belt out the tunes at downtown El Segundo's historic home for silent and classic movies.

This beautiful ridge-top trail is dotted by tiny homes apparently built by a group of itinerant fairies.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

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

A sudden forest of traditional Papua New Guinean art works is hidden in a corner of Stanford University.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

Remains of a Greek freighter trapped off of Rocky Point in 1961.

Lemon Grove, California is known for its giant lemon...and mummified bodies.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

A crumbling wizard is one of the final reminders of a roadside Middle Earth.

This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

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

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

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

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