One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.

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

Where the rich wintered in Pasadena.

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

One incredible room in the Santa Barbara Courthouse is covered in wall-to-wall canvas murals.

The painter of "The Scream" is laid to rest under a stoic bust of himself in the humble corner of an Oslo cemetery.

One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

Dozens of lights dangle from the branches of what may be the brightest tree in Los Angeles.

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

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

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

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

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

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

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.

A giant, Gilded Age mansion that once belonged to the beer baron of Milwaukee.

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.