These two monoliths have stood at the entrance to the neighborhood since the days it was called "Hollywoodland."

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

Found art has transformed this Pittsburgh neighborhood into a psychedelic dream.

Carrying on the legacy of a short-lived experimental school tucked away in the mountains of North Carolina.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

Explore more than 130,000 new and used books in the "world's largest outdoor bookstore."

Hiding amid the largest camellia collection in the country lies a charming children's maze, donated by a secret admirer.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

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

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

What is the Thing?

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

The house's confection-like decorations are the result of one man's painstaking work over decades.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.