Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

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

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

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

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.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.

Located on 420 acres in the high desert, this spiritual center is dedicated to the "science of the future."

A world-class observatory in the California desert.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

The iconic Manhattan corner that was once the site of the Beastie Boys' fake clothing store.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

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

These historic buildings once housed the headquarters of one of the most infamous gangs of New York.

An odd, ancient window that may have once been part of a brutal prison is embedded in the side of New York's Police Plaza.