After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

Perched high atop telephone poles is an uncanny outdoor art gallery that greets passersby on their commute.

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

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

The exterior of this home was used for the hit television show, The Brady Bunch.

This vintage car parts store is also a museum devoted to a squat little gem of automotive history.

After a short-lived attempt to bring America in line with the rest of the world, this road was left in metric.

America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.

This bomb shelter-themed bar has barely changed since it opened.

From working out of his garage to the James Beard semifinals, one Tucson baker has kept his fan base—and his grains—local.

Where you can hail your favorite fictional commanders-in-chief.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

In California, colorful roadside signs remind us all that love transcends borders.

This outdoor observatory offers stellar views and a scale model of our solar system.

While exploring the desert, you can stop by the home of a fictional heretic from a parallel universe.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

Nationwide network of co-ownership underground catastrophe shelters.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.