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

This grand manse has been transformed into a museum devoted to one of the founders of Fantastic Realism.

A history of heat is on display at this unique Austrian museum.

An enchanting work of outsider art, full of whimsical sculptures and carvings.

This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

Hidden in the back of a disused small town hotel is a dive bar shellacked with over a million pennies.

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

This municipal playground was co-created by the father of one of the most playful characters ever.

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

Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.

Machinery left over from California's once thriving mercury industry now attracts artists and explorers.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

A Tucson museum and performance space full of found-object movable sculptures.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."