Albany, California
Albany Bulb
An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."
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Albany, California
An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."
South San Francisco, California
A large instrument played by the wind.
Garden Grove, California
Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.
Glendora, California
The most unique castle in all of Southern California, entirely constructed from repurposed materials.
San Jose, California
The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.
Oakland, California
Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.
Palo Alto, California
Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.
San Francisco, California
A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.
Fremont, California
Neither Spanish settlers nor anyone since has been able to tell who built these strange California rock walls.
Los Angeles, California
This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.
San Bernardino, California
A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.
Carlsbad, California
Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.
Berkeley, California
A storybook European village in Berkeley.
Berkeley, California
Travelers exchange letters with woodland creatures at this mini post office.
San Francisco, California
Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.
Humboldt County, California
One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.
San Diego, California
Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.
Clark County, Nevada
This massive geographical sculpture is so subtle, it's possible to pass by it without noticing.
Sloan, Nevada
Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.
Clark County, Nevada
The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.
Lima, Peru
This stone complex marks the urban center of a lost civilization.
Lima, Peru
Now containing the bones of the actual conquistador, instead of someone else.
Cusco, Peru
Death rituals and sacrifice inside a Peruvian megalith.
Cusco, Peru
The stones of this Incan wall complex fit together so well you couldn't fit a piece of paper between some of them.