Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

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

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

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.

Potential high level nuclear waste storage site for the next 10,000 years and beyond.

In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

Beijing's version of Disneyland, completely abandoned, mostly destroyed.

North Korea's massive art and propaganda factory now has an official gallery space in Beijing.

An abandoned World War II bunker is part of a chain that runs throughout Washington.

Perhaps the world's only gas station inspired by a political scandal.

Four abandoned towers hidden above the Douglas fir forest in Washington.

This offbeat trailer park is home to vintage peddlers, local artists, indie makers, and more.