After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

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

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

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

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

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

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

This unique Seattle structure was designed to be the greenest commercial building on the planet.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A sobering scientific reminder of the human damage caused by the advent of the nuclear age.

The echoes of a railroad town that solemnly mark the end of the line.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

This historic mini-suspension bridge was swept away once but is now here to stay.

This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.