A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

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

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.