This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

A public fountain that spouts "health water" from a nearby spring.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

This controversial depiction of the "Founder of California" looks as though it was sculpted from mashed potatoes.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

One poet's handmade, anachronistic home.

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

Steinbeck's old stomping grounds, immortalized in Cannery Row.

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

Elephant seals and sea lions have turned the abandoned buildings on this island into their endangered love shack.

A pair of pure white felines guard the entrance to a spot of California real estate established as an artist's haven.

This concrete ship has had four careers - World War I tanker, floating amusement park, fishing pier, and artificial reef.

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

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.