The Uros people live on floating reed islands in lake Titicaca.

Nazca pilgrimage site covering 370 acres is a popular stop for archeologists and looters.

A set of ancient drawings in the desert of Peru that are so massive, many of them can only be fully seen from the sky.

A remote candy-striped mountain in the Peruvian Andes straight out of the pages of Dr. Seuss.

An enormous dragon scales the walls of this 17-story temple.

An homage to the man who built California's version of Venice.

A lonely Gondola stuck on a traffic circle sits in a spot where it once would have floated down the Grand Canal.

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

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

Rare collectibles from automated musical instruments to 250 unique automobiles.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

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

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

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

Monumental sculptures of Patrick Amiot, constructed from debris, detritus, and determination.

Sculptures, jams, and the wild west collide at this folksy retreat.

A decidedly out of place statue memorializes the Blues Brothers characters at this water bottling plant.

A rugged lava field dotted with molds of the ancient pines that were growing when the volcano erupted.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

Formerly secret, precariously perched boulders.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

Founded over a thousand years ago, this shrine is said to be built on the site of a warlord's harem prison.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.