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

Santa Monica's oldest restaurant, decorated with set pieces from the Mutiny on the Bounty.

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

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

Giant origami crease patterns engraved in Santa Monica intersections may even be visible from space.

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

A treasure hunter's tiny bar, harboring celebrities since 1959.

In one Santa Monica parking lot a mushroom cloud made of chains heralds a message of peace.

An outlandish shoe shaped house built by an eccentric millionaire.

North America’s largest collection of horological devices and home to a colossal clock with a dizzying array of features.

In the bowels of a 19th-century brewery lurks a fine-dining restaurant offering an array of themed feasts.

A 19th-century architectural wonder designed by the "father of the skyscraper."

The seat of Buffalo government is a gorgeous Art Deco palace.

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's greatest—and favorite—architectural masterpieces was almost lost.

The site of William McKinley's tragic assassination is only marked by an underwhelming boulder.

One of many reminders of Tesla's scientific contributions overlooks the falls which inspired him.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

The largest medieval water tank on the Iberian Peninsula is preserved beneath the Cáceres Museum.

A strange anthropomorphic stele with a mysterious inscription that has never been deciphered.

Fragments of human bones are embedded in the walls of this quaint alley.

America's only city hall with minarets took architectural cues from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.

Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.

An abandoned water sports stadium that has become a haven for graffiti and decay.

Located within a historic park, the beacon is the oldest standing structure in Miami.