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

Couple's personal collection of pinball machines turned public pinball museum.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

Make your reservation to have coffee with some kitties.

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

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

Seattle's own bad art museum located inside Cafe Racer.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

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

A house filled to the brim with oddities and curiosities.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

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

A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.

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

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

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