Enter the Forest of the Elves.

No matter what the plaque under this massive legume says, this is not the world's largest peanut.

The world's largest flat-topped mountain.

Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.

A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.

This former wildlife sanctuary is being transformed into an art park.

This granite monument at the site of an ill-conceived tourist attraction is built from the same stone as the Mormon Temple.

In 1847, Brigham Young climbed this hill to survey the Salt Lake Valley and saw a fine place to build a city.

A replica that won't float away.

The location along the shores of the Great Salt Lake of what was once called, "The Coney Island of the West", now sits barren due to arson and time.

Largest man-made excavation on earth!

This futuristic bridge is one of the longest self-anchored pedestrian bridges in the world.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

These were the largest wind chimes in the world when artist Tom Van Sant created them for a California mall in 1967.

Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.

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.

The words of the neighborhood's most famous poets adorn four concrete walls.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

A black and white mural stands out from its psychedelic surroundings.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

This well-traveled chess park offers scenic views of the pacific and a colorful, eclectic clientele.

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

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