A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

An academy where anyone can train in the exciting acrobatic sports of parkour and freerunning.

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

The world's largest wooden trestle stretches across this desert canyon in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.

This "living building" on Georgia Tech's campus is home to a blueberry orchard, honeybees, and more than 900 solar panels.

One-of-a-kind museum inside the first Boeing 747-400 ever made.

The world's first time capsule lies behind a welded steel door in Atlanta.

Where the polar bear watches over everything, and every drink is a double.

This whimsical seashell-shaped place of worship was designed to blend into its surroundings.

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

A Bicycle Path in the Sky.

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

This stockpile of junked electronic and mechanical gadgets is a favorite among Hollywood prop masters.

The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.

A UFO scrapyard in the California desert.

Semi-recognized center of the world, with many oddities.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.

While exploring the desert, you can stop by the home of a fictional heretic from a parallel universe.

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

A free, public museum dedicated to the fascinating science of sight.