A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

A hard-to-reach oasis in a desolate corner of Death Valley National Park.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into...we can't find the words.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

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

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

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.