A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”

Thousands of turbines whir at at the origin of North American wind power.

A cult following celebrates the legend that belies this curious podiatrists' office sign which has worked its way into song, literature, animation, and the visual arts.

The so-called "Bridge of Thighs" in Palm Springs allows nudists to discreetly cross the road.

An art supply shop holds the secrets of this quiet neighborhood's raucous Barbary Coast past.

Once the fastest ship from San Francisco to Tahiti, the Galilee now lays in pieces in three different cities.

A local dialect born in the late 19th century is only spoken in this isolated California valley.

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

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

The sea once considered an ecological wasteland is now called "crown jewel of avian biodiversity" by scientists.

From the Difference Engine to the Cray-1, all under one roof.

Where a staggering 747 ships were constructed during World War II.

9,000 square feet of vintage and modern mechanical toys, dioramas & sideshow curiosities.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

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.

Perfect your fly fishing technique on their practice ponds.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

Danish observation tower designed to look like a giant beer bottle.

The largest lake in the Faroe Islands seems to be held hundreds of feet above sea level thanks to an optical illusion.

Architecturally stunning library serves as the hub of Finnish scholarly life and culture.

The neighborhood church casts a breast-shaped shadow that locals have come to call the “two o’clock titty.”