An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

A small sculpture garden that provides a microcosmic representation of California.

A large sculptural artwork and garden in Escondido, California.

Oldest building in California still in use.

An ultra-modern vista that has been featured in so many films the house is a celebrity in its own right.

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

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

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

A glittering South Asian anomaly in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb.

Malibu's first beach home features an astonishing trove of ceramic tiles.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

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.

A long-vacant Scottish Rite temple in Hollywood has been converted into an art museum filled with Masonic relics.

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

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