High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

One of the oldest adobe structures in Northern California.

Today's aerospace industry can be traced back to one man and his gliders.

The headquarters of the semiconductor giant has a 10,000-square-foot museum.

One of the largest Marian shrines on the West Coast stands rather unexpectedly in Silicon Valley.

The tallest bridge in California was constructed for a project that was eventually cancelled.

Dentist's hated concrete colossi are now beloved icons of the community.

A fine mixture of the old and the new topped with an art deco neon spire.

Established in 1853, this crumbling cemetery sits forgotten on the corner of Church and Chapel in Gold Country.

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

Single runway interrupted by a busy road that cuts across its middle.

Giant topiary dog once played a role in a terrorist bomb plot.

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

This tribute to the 16th-century composer is now an unusual shrine to Michael Jackson.

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

Housed in an old church, this hunting museum holds a collection of mythical bird-rabbit creatures.

A treasure trove of Renaissance-era funerary art in a Roman church built on top of Nero's grave.

Sections of the iconic limestone columns have been left uncleaned as a reminder of the city's polluted past.

Once the most painted on object in the world, this short campus fence is well on its way to being so again.

A model of a dinosaur that was named for Andrew Carnegie stands outside the museum that also bears his name.

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

The residents of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe live without much fanfare within the Pittsburgh Children's Museum.