Despite sitting firmly in the global cradle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, this Hare Krishna temple is host to one of the largest color festivals outside India.

A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.

Pyramid home to an obscure religious group that practices modern mummification.

On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

This sculpture gallery is home to magnificent beasts made of scrap metal and found objects.

Funhouse of found art and participatory sculpture.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

This Seattle joint serves food inside an old train car once used by FDR.

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle's uniquely modern Central Library.

An entire city block built completely out of petrified wood.

An amazing collection of sculptures and art.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.

Secret hideaway for an alternative beach experience.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

No one's quite sure where this quirky university tradition originated.

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.