At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

The last of its kind in the country.

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

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

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

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

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

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

A black and white mural stands out from its psychedelic surroundings.

A tribute to long time Venice Beach resident, artist and actor Dennis Hopper.

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

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.

These artworks take you traveling to mythical medieval Europe, the politicized grape fields of 1960s California, and deep below sea level.

World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.