This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.

The Giant Lemon of Lemon Grove.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

Not truly a ship nor a building, the Navy's first and last "landship" is now abandoned due to clerical issues.

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

This futuristic bridge is one of the longest self-anchored pedestrian bridges in the world.

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

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

The Mighty Wurlitzer organ continues to belt out the tunes at downtown El Segundo's historic home for silent and classic movies.

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

Suburban observatory was personal lab of the father of modern astrophysics.

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