Semi-recognized center of the world, with many oddities.

Hidden in the back of a disused small town hotel is a dive bar shellacked with over a million pennies.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

This striking public art installation is suspended above a public park, designed to gently move in the breeze.

In this small Phoenix taxidermy emporium, you can find everything from a squid in a jar to a freeze-dried toad.

Giant origami crease patterns engraved in Santa Monica intersections may even be visible from space.

Giant nude woman of Tijuana is also the artist's home.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.

What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection. 

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

The island of Lanai in Hawai'i is a paradise for cats and cat lovers.

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

The memorial to the victims of the Jonestown Massacre carries the names of 918 lost, including one name people wish wasn't there.

Neither Spanish settlers nor anyone since has been able to tell who built these strange California rock walls.

This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.

A library and museum dedicated to typography.