Los Angeles, California
Velaslavasay Panorama
Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.
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Los Angeles, California
Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.
Salt Lake City, Utah
A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Here lies Lilly E. Gray, an alleged "victim of the beast," but the reason long remained a mystery.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.
Tomball, Texas
Well-dressed pickle turned patriotic joint statue in old town Tomball.
Tucson, Arizona
Despite a recent paint job, the factory still sits empty.
Yavapai County, Arizona
Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.
Cabazon, California
The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.
Leavenworth, Washington
This impressively large collection includes crackers shaped like Jimmy Carter, Mickey Mouse, and more.
Leavenworth, Washington
One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.
Los Angeles, California
Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles, California
The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.
Kyoto, Japan
The 10,000 Torii shrine.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.
Las Vegas, Nevada
A surreal, interdimensional shopping center and portal to another universe by Meow Wolf.
Las Vegas, Nevada
“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.
Kyoto, Japan
The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.
Tokyo, Japan
If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.
Los Angeles, California
An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.
Los Angeles, California
Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.
Los Angeles, California
A beloved carnival gets a modern makeover in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles, California
The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.
Los Angeles, California
The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.
Los Angeles, California
Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.