60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

The words of the neighborhood's most famous poets adorn four concrete walls.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

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

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

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

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

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

The world's most famous donkey lives in this pen.

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.

One of the last remaining Carpenter Gothic churches is situated on a wildflower conservatory overlooking the bay.

After serving in World War II and picking up Apollo astronauts, this aircraft carrier has been turned into a museum overlooking the San Francisco Bay.

An ominous concrete cube cuts a dystopian silhouette atop this California mountain.

The oldest house in the capital of Silicon Valley.

This 252 step staircase offers stunning views of San Jose.

A lonely monument to the original Silicon Valley tech campus.

It took years to decode its mysterious messages.

For roadside fast food, pull over at the giant orange.

Celebrating an art form with a collection of puppets from all over the world.

It's not a typo, now say it five times fast!