The world's largest wooden structure.

A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

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.

This Chase branch is an homage to Old Hollywood.

Hidden in one of the skyscrapers on Bunker Hill, this museum features an 1895 stagecoach and peers into California’s gold-lined history.

This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.

These two monoliths have stood at the entrance to the neighborhood since the days it was called "Hollywoodland."

The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

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

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

These bronze sculptures sow whimsy by hamming it up on a pedestrian mall.

A spectacular impact crater in the rugged heart of Central Australia.

A colorful street named for the legendary Australian rock band.

Brisbane's manmade urban beach has enough water to fill five Olympic-sized swimming pools.

The longest fence in the world stretches over 3,000 miles to keep the dingoes out.

A massive concentration of algae is responsible for this lake's pink hue.

A tiny museum in Esperance, Australia, displays a bunch of space debris from NASA’s Skylab.