Places Seabiscuit Wants to Go

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

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

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

No one’s quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

While exploring the desert, you can stop by the home of a fictional heretic from a parallel universe.

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

Ancient human, animal, and geometric figures drawn in the earth.

"The Hoppiest Place in the World" holds the world’s largest collection of bunny memorabilia and is a singular testament of a couple's devotion to all things Leporidae.

This Pringle-shaped ledge makes for the perfect photo op.

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

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

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

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

Mexican food and folk art.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.