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

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

Perhaps the most unique of any Frank Gehry design for one simple reason: Gehry himself actually lives here.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

Graffiti-covered ruins that were once part of a farm owned by a mental hospital.

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

View the California coastline (and the home of Barbara Streisand) inch by inch with stunning, government-sanctioned aerial photography.

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

The world's longest outdoor covered escalator system transports commuters through Hong Kong's hilly terrain.

Teeming with illegal goods and services, this towering maze of vice is also a popular tourist accommodation.

Memorial to the father of the Republic of China.