A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

The world's longest known cave system.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.