A private home built to resemble the shape of a microscopic creature.

Travelers exchange letters with woodland creatures at this mini post office.

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

The huge granite obelisk that towers over a small California town.

A restored 1920s cascade stairway provides one of the best views of Oakland's Lake Merritt.

A hardware store Buddha statue installed to deter vandalism wound up attracting Vietnamese immigrants who came to pray.

A 1914 beaux arts auditorium that sat shuttered for 20 years, restored and reopened in 2026

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

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

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

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

This mostly abandoned shopping outlet is now adorned with beautiful graffiti and murals.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

A gap in the concrete has been transformed into a miniature playground for the mind.

A unique market that brings together various goods and cultures.

All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.

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

“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.

An 1870s ranch for pioneers, rodeo stars, and divorcees was abandoned and left for dead, until the city reopened it for exploration.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

340 bicycles, 65 feet high.