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 visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

The control tower at the historic weapons range is now available as a highly unusual vacation rental.

South Korea's love of the silly photograph is on full display at this goofy collection of trompe l'oeil paintings.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

An island off the coast of South Australia is home to the last purebred Ligurian bees.

Spend the night in this formerly abandoned traditional Scottish village.

This massive melon is a recreation of a similar gate from the Pan-American Expo.

This working replica of the 'Friends' coffee shop is more accurate to the show than the set itself.

Home of the "Father of Forestry."

Former 1954 Del Mar Train Station now serves signature cocktails and delightful culinary treats, and still operates as a Metro stop.

Where a great scandal unfolded with a famous female revivalist at its center.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

An odd museum dedicated to French fakes.

A grotto-like lodge decorated with gilded mosaics, rocks and a noisy waterfall was the setting for the most sumptuous pleasure house of 1900s Europe.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.