Los Angeles, California
Binoculars Building
In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.
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Los Angeles, California
In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.
Joshua Tree, California
Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.
Los Angeles, California
This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.
Los Angeles, California
A "Titanic" superfan changed his name to Jack and set up this strange shrine to the blockbuster, complete with Korean food and Tarot readings.
Big Sur, California
This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.
San Francisco, California
The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.
Humboldt County, California
One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.
Sequoia National Park, California
Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).
Los Angeles, California
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.
Santa Cruz, California
A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.
Los Angeles, California
Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.
Santa Cruz, California
A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.
Los Angeles, California
These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.
Fort Bragg, California
A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.
Los Angeles, California
Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.
Los Angeles, California
Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.
Los Angeles, California
America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.
Yosemite National Park, California
Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.
Lexington, Oregon
Remember that scene in the Matrix, when Neo is in the big white room with all the weapons flying by? Well, this is what it would look like if he had wanted trees instead of guns.
Astoria, Oregon
A delightfully quirky blend of oddities spread throughout an old 1920s bank.
Lakeview, Oregon
Along the Outback Scenic Byway, adjacent to hot springs, this human-made geothermal feature takes unexplained breaks.
La Pine, Oregon
Atop an active stratovolcano, two lakes separated by a narrow strip of land.