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

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

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

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Former 1954 Del Mar Train Station now serves signature cocktails and delightful culinary treats, and still operates as a Metro stop.

A stellar example of Art & Crafts architecture, and a movie set to boot.

Victoriana on Orange Grove Avenue.

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

A museum packed with instruments, lyrics, and other mementos of the American folk icon.

Sid Vicious famously punched a hole in the wall of this iconic music venue.

A half-size replica of the World Trade Center towers above Tulsa.

At Oklahoma Panhandle State University, a plaque marks a place once known as No Man's Land in the linear world and the fictional Kcymaerxthaere as well.

The largest collection of political commercials in the world.

The collection is housed in an exquisite mansion that makes you feel like you've been transported to an Italian villa.

A collection of beautiful crystals shaped like freshly plucked roses.

The fifth tallest statue in the United States is a shirtless monument to the oil worker.

Home to the story of the outlaw turned funhouse mummy, Elmer McCurdy.

One of the largest Masonic temples in the world, created at the height of the oil boom in ostentatious style.

Built from oil field parts and resembling a teepee, this abandoned mid-century church is hoping for a comeback.

The highest point in Oklahoma used to be a lawless outlaw's paradise.

The granite monument is engraved with the image of the talking horse's head coming through a barn door.

When you can afford only half a road, you build only half a road.