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

A non-native grove of 241 redwoods in Southern California.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

A small, peaceful sculpture garden with a grim memorial to a disaster that took place a few blocks away.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

A very tiny church, bisected by a now-dead oak tree and marooned in the middle of a shopping center parking lot.

The 10-foot-wide Long Beach home was built on a dare.