A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

Handmade treasures from around the world.

Tenacious mummies survived dental problems, eternal entombment, and more than their fair share of devastating fires.

From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

Where the line between entertainment and aerospace blurs.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.

Nuclear waste dump site now an environmental sanctuary.

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

One of the world's largest collections of rare and magnificent bird specimens.

A little barn in the middle of the city preserving Hollywood treasures since 1985.

A hard-to-reach oasis in a desolate corner of Death Valley National Park.

Contemporary art inspired by natural history and science drawing on ancient techniques in a modern world.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

Half of a house.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.