This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.

This Pringle-shaped ledge makes for the perfect photo op.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.

This unique sanctuary invites you to interact with the beautiful birds.

The oldest structure in a beachside California city was built to serve eight students.

What began as an illegal art installation has become a symbol for unity, ocean awareness, and coastline preservation.

These unusual houses look like giant boats that washed ashore on a residential street.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

For those going through a life transition, a place to leave behind a piece of your former self.

Petroglyphs, bird watching, and a 100-year-old Ranch in one location.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

This turn of the century jail once held Charles Manson.

The bespectacled, cocktail-sipping pachyderm is a strange but fitting liquor store mascot.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

The taxidermy remains of the most popular pony in children's literature.

This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.

The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.

This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

Joe Minter is only doing the work of God in his yard, he says.