A shining, cold, black organ lies in San Francisco's financial district.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.

Austin’s local mountain isn’t really a mountain at all.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

A giant knight, sex education, date shakes, and Jesus coexist happily in this Coachella Valley desert oasis.

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

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

Art from the latest counter-culture; kids who dye their hair blue and believe the future will be a post-apocalyptic water world.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

This subtle Berkeley paving stone actually marks off a lawless tube of air that extends into space.

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

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

Here, visitors can swing with the waves of the Pacific Ocean.

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

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

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.