L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

The larger-than-life art installation at Tampa International Airport welcomes travelers to town.

Hopeless romantics will swoon over the sweet story behind this bright and colorful home.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

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

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

Home to a forest of whimsical pygmy Coast live oak.

Thousands of turbines whir at the origin of North American wind power.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

The oldest U.S. Government building in California, and it's State Historic Landmark #1.

Fake rail crossings mark the site of an influential doctor's demise.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

This municipal playground was co-created by the father of one of the most playful characters ever.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

A natural dome made of volcanic glass in Inyo National Forest.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

The same family lived in this Victorian house for nearly 100 years without altering the building.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.