The final resting place of a space program monolith.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

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

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

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

Installed in an act of one-upsmanship, the annual sundial in this church is also a symbolic victory for the Gregorian calendar.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

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

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

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

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

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

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.