A colossal strolling Pinocchio that was greeted with more outrage than whimsy.

The final residence of an educator, civil rights leader, and presidential advisor was also the first headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women.

The former home of the woman who successfully fought to integrate restaurants in Washington, D.C.

The first museum in the U.S. to address human rights issues in China.

This mysterious structure by the Washington Monument is a flood barrier designed to protect the White House against rising waters.

A promising candidate for the lost rock laid by George Washington was unearthed, but the hunt is still on.

An 18-mile-long tunnel for sewage waste will soon wind within the bowels of Washington, D.C.

These abandoned waterworks are crumbling into the Potomac River.

The school tested mustard gas for the U.S. Army during World War I.

A muscular Art Deco monument represents the struggle between regulators and unbridled markets.

The quirky gift from West Berlin for the 1968 World's Fair still stands in Hemisfair Park.

A National Historic Landmark with a scenic clock tower and park filled with deer and peacocks, plus a military museum.

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

A 9 year-old boy’s elaborate cardboard arcade in his father’s used auto parts store.

The largest collection of two headed animals in the world.

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

The exterior of this home was used for the hit television show, The Brady Bunch.

One of Los Angeles's first murals once vibrantly depicted the dangers of United States imperialism.

Large but largely ignored, these 42 life-size Liberty Bell replicas were a peculiar, unexplained feature on the facade of a Macy's department store.

These two monoliths have stood at the entrance to the neighborhood since the days it was called "Hollywoodland."

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

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.