This ultra-modern California span is actually a titanic solar clock in disguise built by famed architect Santiago Calatrava.

Odd stone and concrete monuments in the "Poet of the Sierras" eclectic folly garden.

Seven ceramic sculptures are scattered around this California college campus.

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

This graffiti-covered bridge is the quintessential vision of a place for disillusioned youth to escape the complexities of burgeoning adulthood.

The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

A rough granite monument marks the spot where Europeans first caught sight of the San Francisco Bay.

Subterranean house made out of a grain silo, located in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

Burping, gurgling geothermal mud pots by the Salton Sea.

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

The hundreds of movies and television shows shot in this high desert town are commemorated in a unique museum.

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

The first life claimed by this record-breaking peak wasn't lost to exposure or a fall but rather lightning.

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

A "Titanic" superfan changed his name to Jack and set up this strange shrine to the blockbuster, complete with Korean food and Tarot readings.

California's oldest wind harp represents a historic piece of America's Danish history.

Despite being a perfectly pleasant place to be, Loyalton can't seem to attract any visitors.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

A watering hole where the options for seating include a bar, patio, or subterranean cave.

The sea once considered an ecological wasteland is now called "crown jewel of avian biodiversity" by scientists.

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.