Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.

A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.

Modern technology and live displays tell the story of the Pacific during WWII for the Internet generation.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

The 40-foot-tall votive candle is the largest of its kind.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

A National Historic Landmark with a scenic clock tower and park filled with deer and peacocks, plus a military museum.

Established in 1925, Kiddie Park claims to be the oldest amusement park in the U.S. - a cozy little time warp nestled in a shady corner of the modern world.

These boots are made for selfies.

The summer home of the largest colony of bats in the world.

A tiny waterway named after a ghost story.

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

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

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

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

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

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

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.