Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

A classic advertising icon immortalized in regal bronze.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

This whimsical seashell-shaped place of worship was designed to blend into its surroundings.

A huge work of Burning Man-inspired outsider art on the grounds of a California winery.

Deco Modern sculptures of the people of the Pacific, cast for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition.

This giant head is all that remains of a once proud statue that survived an earthquake but not a fall off of a wagon.

Perhaps the most unique of any Frank Gehry design for one simple reason: Gehry himself actually lives here.

An eccentric home stands out in an otherwise average neighborhood with mosaics, mini topiaries, and kinetic sculpture.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

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

Antiques by the Bay.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

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

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

Mexican food and folk art.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.