This contorting sculpture is the tallest in San Francisco.

An off-grid art installation that encourages its visitors to imagine a world without waste.

The artwork that Italians felt California didn't deserve.

This bizarre hotel on historic Route 66 has been plagued by rumors of paranormal activity.

George Lucas donated this park to honor the birthplace of his two biggest movie franchises.

Gnomes have their very own bonsai-landscaped settlement on a university campus.

On a quiet suburban street stands a peculiarly decorated house covered in mosaics.

Each winter this underground cave forms a dazzling ice palace.

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

This historic California cemetery holds the bodies of veterans of both the Civil War and the Donner Party.

Machinery left over from California's once thriving mercury industry now attracts artists and explorers.

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

This graveyard is the eternal home of the residents of a vanished California town.

The Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California."

The cluster of boulders near Fort Irwin is covered in military insignia.

A glittering South Asian anomaly in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb.

A tree grown from astronaut seeds which were exposed to cosmic rays.

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

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

360-degree virtual reality chamber physically immerses scientists into their data.

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

Amazing meticulous gardens of personal wood carvings, Hydrangea, Canna, and many other flowers.

A UFO scrapyard in the California desert.

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