Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

Once defending the city of New Orleans from invasion by sea, this fort faces an uncertain future.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

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

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

"The only replacement for a DC-3 is another DC-3."

This California eatery has made a name for itself by embracing Asia's rich history of eating bugs.

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

In one Santa Monica parking lot a mushroom cloud made of chains heralds a message of peace.

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

One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.

The diverse and sometimes odd cultural heritage of the Golden State is collected, examined, and displayed in this proud museum.

Santa Monica's oldest restaurant, decorated with set pieces from the Mutiny on the Bounty.

A treasure hunter's tiny bar, harboring celebrities since 1959.

Legendary prop shop filled with one man's collection of scientific curiosities.

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

These barriers stand as stark reminders of Northern Ireland's troubled past.

Every year, the colorful murals of Montreal get a complete makeover.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

Now containing the bones of the actual conquistador, instead of someone else.

The remains of what was the most important religious complex in coastal Peru for over a millennium.