Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix Bat Cave
Thousands of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats soar around an abandoned storm drain at sunset each summer.
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Phoenix, Arizona
Thousands of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats soar around an abandoned storm drain at sunset each summer.
Chloride, Arizona
All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.
Tucson, Arizona
The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.
Flagstaff, Arizona
Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.
Sedona, Arizona
A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.
Winslow, Arizona
This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."
Phoenix, Arizona
The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.
Albany, California
A store that sells all manner of bones, insects, and animal curiosities.
El Cerrito, California
9,000 square feet of vintage and modern mechanical toys, dioramas & sideshow curiosities.
Los Angeles, California
Dozens of lights dangle from the branches of what may be the brightest tree in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles, California
The art and history of the velvet painting are on full display in this Los Angeles museum.
Los Angeles, California
World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.
Los Angeles, California
A relief that wraps around the concourse of Los Angeles's World Trade Center marks one of the city's failed urban design plans.
San Francisco, California
Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.
Arcadia, California
A relic from a forgotten bakery chain still spins atop a diner.
Pasadena, California
A California city claims to be the home of a fast-food classic.
Pasadena, California
A Community Cornerstone.
Beverly Hills, California
One of the richest places in the United States has a cursed street.
Los Angeles, California
Opened as part of the New Deal, the training facility now features World War II-era structures and a pylon that once stood at the World Trade Center.
Los Angeles, California
This Chase branch is an homage to Old Hollywood.
Los Angeles, California
Perched high atop telephone poles is an uncanny outdoor art gallery that greets passersby on their commute.
Mountain View, California
A fleet of automotive automatons sleep in this otherwise unremarkable urban garage.
Santa Monica, California
A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”
Pasadena, California
Home of the "Father of Forestry."