An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.

An collection of Chinese propaganda posters from 1949 to 1979.

Rivers of cattle blood gone, a strange Escheresque building remains, the last of its kind.

The world’s tallest outdoor lift stretches along the stone pillars that inspired the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

The latest in a series of long glass bridges suspended at terrifying heights.

A total of 999 stairs lead visitors through a massive hole in a mountain known as the Gateway to Heaven.

This vertical pinnacle in China was the inspiration for the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

The earliest pagoda built in the beautiful Panmen Scenic Area of Suzhou.

Legend says one of the world's largest marine geysers is actually a whale that got wedged within the rocks.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

This former shopping outlet is now adorned with beautiful graffiti and murals.

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

A large sculptural artwork and garden in Escondido, California.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

A world-class observatory in the California desert.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.