One of the largest helium balloons in the U.S. is a 112-foot ginormous orange.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

The White House Situation Room was taken apart in 2006 and shipped to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

The 10-foot-wide Long Beach home was built on a dare.

The show's fictional Korean medical camp was created in the Santa Monica hills.

Fans of the spicy bright-red sauce can tour where it's made.

This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.

One of the best collections of antique printing machinery in the world.

A tribute to long time Venice Beach resident, artist and actor Dennis Hopper.

A British pub embodies the spirit of a California legend.

A bright California graveyard with a decidedly dark side.

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

A "Titanic" superfan changed his name to Jack and set up this strange shrine to the blockbuster, complete with Korean food and Tarot readings.

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

In this small Phoenix taxidermy emporium, you can find everything from a squid in a jar to a freeze-dried toad.

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

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

Granting the right of way to ships over surface traffic since 1917.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.

An artificial crater field that trained astronauts for lunar exploration.