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

This well-traveled chess park offers scenic views of the pacific and a colorful, eclectic clientele.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

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

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 increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

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

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.