England's most notorious suicide spot.

Installed as a beacon of hope for a hurricane-racked island, the statue had to be moved multiple times due to the eroding coast.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

Religion and personal struggle gave birth to this collection of concrete angels.

Sleep where gangsters fell amidst smoke and flame, with nary a bullethole to show for the legendary struggle.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

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

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

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

One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.

Inky sludge oozes to the surface of this beach thanks to a rare natural tar seep.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

An old whaling station now serves to give the public a look at the commercial whaling industry, no longer a part of Monterey's economy.

The oldest U.S. Government building in California, and it's State Historic Landmark #1.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

A crumbling wizard is one of the final reminders of a roadside Middle Earth.