The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

More gold than anywhere else, ever.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

Long-abandoned trolley tunnels just a mile away from the White House are turning into an art space.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.

Become a prohibition rebel.

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.