A 50-foot tile mural mosaic for the 100-year anniversary of the Statue of Liberty.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

Gift shop offering toe tags and chalk body beach towels tucked into a coroner's office.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

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

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

An Indonesian mosque styled after St. Basil's Cathedral.

Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.

Subterranean place of worship in Indonesia.

This massive chapel in the middle of the Indonesian forest is both haunting and fowl.

The name of this ancient Indonesian temple translates as "Elephant Cave" but it could be more accurately called "The Hellmouth."

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

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

A basement full of treasures lies beneath this inn that has worn many hats throughout its 140+ years.

This mysterious petroglyph evokes the ancient swastika symbol but was later vandalized with the more troublesome Nazi one.

A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."

Opened as part of the New Deal, the training facility now features World War II-era structures and a pylon that once stood at the World Trade Center.

The art and history of the velvet painting are on full display in this Los Angeles museum.