A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”

One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.

This well-traveled chess park offers scenic views of the pacific and a colorful, eclectic clientele.

Where a great scandal unfolded with a famous female revivalist at its center.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

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

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

A cooled lava flow from the Haleakalā volcano formed these surreal-looking columnar basalt structures.

Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.

Race through the maze, get your name on the sign.

The air force base preserves its scars from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.

This mom-and-pop Japanese sweets shop has been serving cloud-light mochi for almost a century.

This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.

An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

Putting the "mod" in "modular" since 2000.

A musical composition 1000 years in length plays at the Trinity Buoy Wharf in London.

The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

A haunting monument dedicated to the Royal Naval Air Service and the Fleet Air Arm.

The bronze uniforms commemorate the vital role of women during World War II.