A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.

"Girl in a Wetsuit" is what happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100 year old copyright.

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

This lesser known Hearst estate is a fairytale village built from the stolen bones of historic European buildings.

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

Folk art crafted from discarded vegetable crates.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

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

This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.

This concert pavilion on the shore of the Great Salt Lake has been destroyed by fire, water, and disinterest but keeps coming back.

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

Jurassic Park—A Still Life.

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.

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

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

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

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

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.