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

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

Will Geer's outdoor theater started as a mountain retreat for actors, musicians, and other artists who were blacklisted during the Red Scare.

You don't want to get caught in this trap--or do you?

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.

Atlanta's strange assortment of concrete pillars inspires reflection in some, confusion in others.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.

These structures were inspired by both Native American shelters as well as, strangely, an ice cream shop.

Museum dedicated to the preservation of surf culture.

This monster board rode a monster wave to break two world records.

These were the largest wind chimes in the world when artist Tom Van Sant created them for a California mall in 1967.

Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

Easily overlooked in favor of the wineries that dot the region, this blast from the past is equally worth the visit.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

This hidden fire lookout offers spectacular views of Sequoia National Park.

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

A 19th-century cabin built into a hollowed-out Sequoia tree.

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

The second-largest giant sequoia in the world.

A water tower shaped like a giant coffee pot looms over a small Swedish village in Central California.