This dynamic entertainment venue brings a much-needed funkiness to the region with its bizarre art, eclectic films screenings, and peculiar performance pieces.

Built in 1981 in collaboration with Andy Warhol, this giant piece of pop art stands on the campus of Colorado State University.

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.

A master of deception, Harry Houdini's greatest trick may have been living in two places at once.

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

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

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

The words of the neighborhood's most famous poets adorn four concrete walls.

This peaceful garden is hidden on the grounds of a spiritual organization founded by a pioneer yogi.

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

Keeping Ballard's heritage alive with delicious, lightly battered Alaskan wild cod.

This beautiful landscape is the only Sichuan-style garden outside of China.

A lush Seattle garden designed by the same landscape architects responsible for New York's Central Park.

This sculpture forces visitors to confront their relationship with space.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

The Denny Substation has been called "the coolest substation in the world" and sits in a densely populated Seattle neighborhood.

This unique Seattle structure was designed to be the greenest commercial building on the planet.