Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

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

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

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

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Iconic Los Angeles residence famous for its 19 statues of Michelangelo's David.

Once a purveyor of Santeria supplies, religious products , and household sundries, now closed.

A long-vacant Scottish Rite temple in Hollywood has been converted into an art museum filled with Masonic relics.

A Romanesque sanctuary of calm amid the bustle of downtown Los Angeles.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

The last of its kind in the country.

Although he donated over 3,000 acres to Los Angles, Griffith's life was marred by controversy.

A relief that wraps around the concourse of Los Angeles's World Trade Center marks one of the city's failed urban design plans.

This Chase branch is an homage to Old Hollywood.

The exterior of this home was used for the hit television show, The Brady Bunch.

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

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

A few iconic structures are all that remain of America’s first outdoor shopping mall.

A cult following celebrates the legend that belies this curious podiatrists' office sign which has worked its way into song, literature, animation, and the visual arts.

This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.

The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.