A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

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

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

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

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

Each time a baby is born in Ghent, these streetlights flash in silent celebration.

This statue dedicated to the story of a Flemish boy and his dog was relatively obscure in Belgium, but a cult sensation in Japan.

This interactive sculpture allows visitors to leave a message in case a friend passes by.

A wonderfully eccentric Victorian-era museum and library.

An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.

One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.

One of the few standing Roman lighthouses and a labyrinth of tunnels are a couple of the secrets at this historic castle.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

Go inside a revolutionary, cage-less zoo where 70 species of monkeys roam free alongside their human visitors.

This fairy tale forest hides scenes from some of the more obscure and bizarre Western nursery stories.

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

In the shadow of a former battleground, the resting place for nearly 2,000 soldiers who died in World War I.