The Giant Lemon of Lemon Grove.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

Chewing gum tycoon's memorial lies perched over wife's botanical gardens on Santa Catalina Island.

A Biblically-based Natural History Museum.

A wild west scene starring life-sized wooden statues hides in the trees behind Pierce College.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

A stellar example of Art & Crafts architecture, and a movie set to boot.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.

The show's fictional Korean medical camp was created in the Santa Monica hills.

An Airy Would-Be Solution to a Housing Shortage.

A museum, art project, and institution that demands we look at the world around us in a strange new way.

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

A dwindling menagerie of anthropomorphic oil derrick animals still dot the barren California landscape.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

Semi-recognized center of the world, with many oddities.

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

This museum looks at the history of one of America's most famous prisons and most beloved albums.