Where a staggering 747 ships were constructed during World War II.

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

A historic hotel in an old California railroad town with a rowdy reputation.

A working miniature city designed to teach kids about safety and presumably city planning.

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

This strange hill on Old Fort Road where gravity works in reverse has been fascinating locals for years.

A botanic garden full of trees twisted into fantastic shapes and positions.

Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.

A chance to sleep among the firs and pines of the Oregon forest.

Humboldt's human-powered sculptures race across land and sea for days on end in a wacky quest for dominance.

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

One of the largest fleets of armored vehicles in the world, sitting out in the California desert.

A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

Collective dedicated to restoring steam engines.

Discover for yourself what Herb Caen referred to as "the best kept secret in the Bay Area."

A B&B on a Victorian lighthouse station in San Francisco Bay.

A tree bears footwear on the loneliest road in America.

Junkbots and mud babies are the masterpieces in this fantastically sci-fi art museum.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

An old-timey medicine shop that once served Chinese laborers during the Gold Rush is still open for business to this day.

A huge collection of rocks, gems, and crystals.