Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels scores of people have died on its slopes.

A fine, large-aperture telescope available for public use.

The mayor made the declaration in 2004.

Mining caused an asbestos emergency in this small town.

A surreal, Gaudi-inspired play space near an Anaheim community center.

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

Somewhere between an art studio and a print shop, this artists storefront is a house of worship devoted to type.

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

On a quiet suburban street stands a peculiarly decorated house covered in mosaics.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

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

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Gift shop offering toe tags and chalk body beach towels tucked into a coroner's office.

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

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

From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.

A lonely Gondola stuck on a traffic circle sits in a spot where it once would have floated down the Grand Canal.

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.