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Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

An artist's vision for connectivity spans seven continents and 16 countries.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

In one Santa Monica parking lot a mushroom cloud made of chains heralds a message of peace.

A monthly street "service" of handmade puppets and live original puppets, whose devotees profess has the power to change lives.

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

An ancient system of freshwater caves filled with animal bones, including that of species long-extinct.

One of the best collections of antique printing machinery in the world.

Walk through the actual strap iron cells and solitary chambers of Arizona Territory’s first prison.

This abandoned horse racing track was an exercise in hubris from its inception.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

This crumbling stump is all that remains of what was once thought to be the oldest living organism.