One lonely, modern pyramid has gone from corporate think tank to deserted boondoggle.

An angular maze of concrete in Grand Rapids acts both as public art and as a staircase for fish traveling upstream.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

The Giant Lemon of Lemon Grove.

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

Fans of the spicy bright-red sauce can tour where it's made.

This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

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

The short oil boom of Venice Beach, and its swift removal from the tourism-laden landscape.

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

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

An old whaling station now serves to give the public a look at the commercial whaling industry, no longer a part of Monterey's economy.

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."

A life-sized mammoth sculpture marks the spot where the remains of a Columbian mammoth were discovered in 2005.