NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.

Because there's no place like home.

A brooding mansion of clinker brick stands out among the Victorian houses of Pacific Heights.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

Rare collectibles from automated musical instruments to 250 unique automobiles.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

This odd California folly seems like it was almost designed to accumulate urban legends.

An academy where anyone can train in the exciting acrobatic sports of parkour and freerunning.

A sudden forest of traditional Papua New Guinean art works is hidden in a corner of Stanford University.

Abortion, prohibition, religion, war, and fear all play a part in the history of this idiosyncratic Pacifica castle.

Made famous by cable TV, this oddball collection of antiques and collectibles is a cut above the rest.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

Cambria's most unique B&B features creative surroundings and fantastic food.

Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.

Barely visible foundations remain where Stow Lake’s “observatory” once welcomed visitors.

This quaint archive of the silent era preserves and pays homage to a seminal moment in film history.

340 bicycles, 65 feet high.

Once the gateway to the utopian dream-village of a Civil War embalmer.

The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.

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

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

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

A dwindling menagerie of anthropomorphic oil derrick animals still dot the barren California landscape.

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