A giant desert bird that once swung music fans at Coachella now has a home in a nearby traffic circle.

A life-sized mammoth sculpture marks the spot where the remains of a Columbian mammoth were discovered in 2005.

A giant can of fruit cocktail is all that remains of what was once the world's largest cannery.

Humboldt's human-powered sculptures race across land and sea for days on end in a wacky quest for dominance.

The American Home, Re-imagined.

San Francisco's first World's Fair, dedicated to the wonders of California.

Victoriana on Orange Grove Avenue.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

Giant scissors seemingly stabbed into the side of a hair salon leave no question about the vocation of the owners.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

Authentic gondola hanging from the ceiling, notable mural in the back room.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

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

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

Rare collectibles from automated musical instruments to 250 unique automobiles.

Three vintage horses survived a 1976 inferno and found a home on a sister carousel.

A watering hole where the options for seating include a bar, patio, or subterranean cave.

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

An Airy Would-Be Solution to a Housing Shortage.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

The sun acts as a key that only fits this giant keyhole twice a year.