On a quiet suburban street stands a peculiarly decorated house covered in mosaics.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

Somewhere between an art studio and a print shop, this artists storefront is a house of worship devoted to type.

This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.

The best place to send your postcards home from Antarctica.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

Small and slightly hidden, the American Writers Museum is preserving the legacy of America's finest authors.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

One of the first historical sites of an alternative universe was installed in the town of Paris, Illinois—which is now home to an annual spelling bee of Kcymaerxthaereal words.

Every year, the town of Menton, France, turns lemons and oranges into giant sculptures depicting windmills, dragons, and more.

This legendary dessert was served to Nobel laureates for decades.

An all-female order shares an ancient culinary art with visitors at their mountaintop monastery.

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

Legendary prop shop filled with one man's collection of scientific curiosities.

Although he donated over 3,000 acres to Los Angles, Griffith's life was marred by controversy.

The first all glass and steel residence in the United States.

Raised illegally, Reggie now lives at the Los Angeles Zoo after authorities spent years tracking him down.

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

Inside this clubhouse is a cinephile's paradise.

Three vintage horses survived a 1976 inferno and found a home on a sister carousel.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.