Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

Where cemeteries are carved into the side of cliffs and infants are buried in the hollows of trees.

The unique funeral practices of the Toraja can be seen here with graves carved into caves and hung off cliffs.

The river depicted in the antiwar film 'Apocalypse Now' was likely based on this Mekong tributary.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

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

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

A crumbling Beaux Arts monument to the Bay Area's age of rail.

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

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

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

The peaceful gravesite of a rugged wild west gunman echoes the touching story of his last days.

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

A large instrument played by the wind.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

Where a staggering 747 ships were constructed during World War II.

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.

Four miles of pipelines form the model of still-functioning retro-tech efficiency.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

A store that sells all manner of bones, insects, and animal curiosities.

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.