A quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.

The mall's looks were inspired by the cowboy extras who used to meet up—and cause real trouble—at this Hollywood hub.

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.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

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

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

A perfect replica of the beloved show's first set.

This throwback amusement park is home to rides and unique storybook figures from the past.

A mysterious echo seems to defy the laws of acoustics.

This lovely little pond is named after the hundreds of soldiers' corpses that were rolled into the waters during the French-Indian War.

Thousands of bottles that have held everything from poison to perfume make up the collection of this small museum.

The first evidence of some of the Earth's earliest life was found in this fossilized undersea grotto.

Two mermen, eternally spitting into each other's mouths.

Fossilized sea bottom and lime quarry.

A beautiful multicolored mound formed by the mineral deposits of the Orenda Spring.

The only American museum exclusively dedicated to the exhibition of gloves.

This local landmark is home to art galleries and the area's only community darkroom.

A memorial to the 1913 tragedy that helped protect the workers of the future.

A gazebo that inspired the fifth episode of the "Twilight Zone" still stands in the creator's hometown

An allegedly haunted testament to a local businessman's desire for status, posterity, and charity.

See wolves, coyotes, and arctic foxes in a natural environment smack in the middle of New York State.

A mummy and sarcophagus are part of the many wonders in this library's collection.

This Art Deco fortress in upstate New York gives Manhattan's vaunted examples of the style a run for their money.

A reversed traffic signal that was once violently misinterpreted as a statement on British-Irish relations.