The world's longest outdoor escalator takes visitors to the top of China's largest dam and is also shaped like a dragon.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

Two groundbreaking brothers from Pasadena.

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

Colorado Boulevard’s historic bookstore, operating since the bustling city of Pasadena was merely some orange groves and a few ostrich farms.

Oldest building in California still in use.

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

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

One of the largest helium balloons in the U.S. is a 112-foot ginormous orange.

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

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

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

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.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

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

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

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

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