Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

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

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

Thousands of turbines whir at at the origin of North American wind power.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

Iconic Los Angeles residence famous for its 19 statues of Michelangelo's David.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Legendary prop shop filled with one man's collection of scientific curiosities.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.