Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

The old Niles Canyon Aqueduct in the San Francisco Bay Area is a bemusing and secret trail through nature for wayward travelers.

An architect in Aspen used psychedelics as his muse while building this mushroom masterpiece.

An outsider art duo's yard has been turned into a whimsical public gallery.

This fairytale-inspired cottage was created by a university literature professor.

A Cuban artist reclaimed his impoverished neighborhood as a dreamy folk art kingdom.

The remains of one of America's first radiation testing grounds still rest ominously in a Georgia forest.

The huge collection of paintings of the American West is one of Denver's best-kept secrets.

This museum offers an actual time machine back through Colorado's past.

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

Iconic Los Angeles residence famous for its 19 statues of Michelangelo's David.