A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

An artist's vision for connectivity spans seven continents and 16 countries.

Suburban observatory was personal lab of the father of modern astrophysics.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

This Pringle-shaped ledge makes for the perfect photo op.

An academy where anyone can train in the exciting acrobatic sports of parkour and freerunning.

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

Successful artist residence program has filled this ranch with dozens of sculptures over the years.

Graffiti-covered ruins that were once part of a farm owned by a mental hospital.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

An Airy Would-Be Solution to a Housing Shortage.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

A dwindling menagerie of anthropomorphic oil derrick animals still dot the barren California landscape.

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.

340 bicycles, 65 feet high.

A creepy steel gremlin has protected the Bay Bridge since 1989.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.