These four islands right offshore have waterfalls, colorful lights, fancy buildings, and a secret purpose.

Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.

In Chicago, a pizza-enthusiast has opened a museum dedicated to the history of pizza.

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.

A 19th-century horse lover's bequest led to the construction of this unique fountain in Chicago.

A century and a half of research in the sciences and natural history, still going strong.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

Common all over Japan, kōbans are small community police boxes, and now one is guarding one of L.A.’s megamalls.

Pizza joint known for labor-inducing salad dressing.

What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection. 

Where the line between entertainment and aerospace blurs.

One of the world's largest collections of rare and magnificent bird specimens.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

No matter what it might seem like on film, most scenes filmed on a plane are filmed at this LA studio.

This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.

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

World's oldest operating science fiction and fantasy club, once home to Ray Bradbury and L. Ron Hubbard.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.