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

The sculpture shows a water rat turning the world upside-down, landing an elephant on its head.

The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

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.

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

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.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

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

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

An unphotographable nightly march of tens of thousands of "fairy penguins" from sea to shore.

Petrified footprints of one of the very first vertebrates to walk on land.

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

Despite its name, this fast food museum is actually a replica of the ninth McDonald's store.

Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.

A historic beacon built in the aftermath of the worst maritime disaster on the Great Lakes.

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.