A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

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

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

The remains of the first punk club in L.A.

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

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

"Looks so real, it's scary!"

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

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

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

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

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

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

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