Fans of vintage Vegas, kitsch, and toy pony-based gambling now flock to a casino called The D.

“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.

These unusual houses look like giant boats that washed ashore on a residential street.

A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”

In California, colorful roadside signs remind us all that love transcends borders.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

An art collective teaching the more fiery, metal-y art forms.

The sea once considered an ecological wasteland is now called "crown jewel of avian biodiversity" by scientists.

This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

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

Everything you always wanted to know about borates is here.

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

A Biblically-based Natural History Museum.

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

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

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

San Francisco's most expensive hotel suite includes a secret passageway rumored to have been used by JFK.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.