The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

Floating man-made island and upscale restaurant.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

Half of a house.

A whimsical antique shop with a strong air of mystery, filled with items from ages, and what feels like worlds, past.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

The first fresco Diego Rivera painted in the United States can be found in the former San Francisco Stock Exchange.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.

No one's quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

The pharmacy's retro ice cream mixer is one of the last of its kind.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

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

This historic tower in the California desert promises visitors a "vortex of good vibes".

A UFO scrapyard in the California desert.

The decaying adobe remains of an old homestead are just off the beaten path in Joshua Tree National Park.

Crumbling pink walls and murder memorials preserve the pioneer history of Joshua Tree.

This outdoor observatory offers stellar views and a scale model of our solar system.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

The Hopi-style structure was built by the man who discovered Desert Hot Springs' famous mineral water.