The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

A decommissioned Naval base now rents itself out for people who want to blow stuff up.

An abandoned convention space that has been left to the homeless and the radical.

A hardware store Buddha statue installed to deter vandalism wound up attracting Vietnamese immigrants who came to pray.

The black lab that was voted mayor of a California town is forever remembered by a life-size statue.

Location of the most powerful laser in the world, and the potential birthplace of tiny stars.

Where a staggering 747 ships were constructed during World War II.

Collective dedicated to restoring steam engines.

One of the best absinthe distilleries in the United States.

This quaint archive of the silent era preserves and pays homage to a seminal moment in film history.

The memorial to the victims of the Jonestown Massacre carries the names of 918 lost, including one name people wish wasn't there.

A temple devoted to inner esoteric mysteries located in a California commercial strip.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

Handmade treasures from around the world.

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

The former Naval shipyard is open for exploring - mostly.

"The Reptile Man's" very own roadside zoo features an albino alligator.

This dilapidated ship carcass covered in trees is a striking sight.

A library of only unpublished manuscripts.

A collection of odd-shaped and quirky sounding instruments handmade by a midcentury inventor-composer.

Browse through roughly 130,000 titles in the world's largest independent video rental store.

One man's eclectic collection of treasures found at sea.