This "zoo" is a cross between a junkyard and a sculpture garden, featuring animals you won't see anywhere else.

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

A remote desert lookout offers unparalleled views of the California badlands for those who brave the trek.

A giant desert bird that once swung music fans at Coachella now has a home in a nearby traffic circle.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

A life-sized mammoth sculpture marks the spot where the remains of a Columbian mammoth were discovered in 2005.

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

Large but largely ignored, these 42 life-size Liberty Bell replicas were a peculiar, unexplained feature on the facade of a Macy's department store.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

The only parking meter in the entire town, it is surrounded by 100 free spaces.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

A free library to stumble across, one of many placed worldwide if you know where to look.

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

340 bicycles, 65 feet high.

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

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

A comprehensive collection of Pez dispensers.

Antiques by the Bay.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.