This enormous World War II relic is one of the largest wooden structures in the world.

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

Nose around a unique collection of more than 300 natural aromas used to craft fragrances.

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

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

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 shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.

A private home built to resemble the shape of a microscopic creature.

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

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

An unlikely hit, this museum is dedicated to the inventor of instant ramen and cup noodles.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

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.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

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."

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Each summer, the migratory bats living beneath the bypass form "batnadoes" at dusk.

This graffiti-covered bridge is the quintessential vision of a place for disillusioned youth to escape the complexities of burgeoning adulthood.

This museum boasts the ninth-largest collection of insects in North America.