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

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

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

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

Everything you always wanted to know about borates is here.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

A museum dedicated to the history of Tokyo's often-overlooked working-class district.

A giant robo-cockroach building devours Tokyo.

Oddly touching memorial to a little-remembered nuclear tragedy.

This active volcano's siren song to suicide jumpers forced authorities to build a fence.

We heard you like volcanoes so we put a volcano in your volcano so you can die for sure...

Starship-temple contains 400 tons of drinking water and offers free Japanese lessons.