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

Santa Monica's oldest restaurant, decorated with set pieces from the Mutiny on the Bounty.

One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.

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

On a quiet suburban street stands a peculiarly decorated house covered in mosaics.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

Legendary prop shop filled with one man's collection of scientific curiosities.

This small, but long-running hobby club has built one of the largest model rail lines in the US.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

The national park was once a plantation estate.

Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

The tree is thought to be the oldest oak in Texas and was once crowned state champion for its monumental size.

World's smallest skyscraper, the product of a remarkable con.

The man who wasn't there.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.