A small, peaceful sculpture garden with a grim memorial to a disaster that took place a few blocks away.

Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.

The bullet-riddled wall from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, bloodstains enhanced for your viewing pleasure.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.

The last orange grove of the San Fernando Valley is owned and protected by CSU Northridge.

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

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

Some of the most unusual (and in some cases, disgusting) flavors of soda imaginable.

Mexican food and folk art.

The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.

Museum dedicated to the preservation of surf culture.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

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

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

The last Americana on Route 66.

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

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