The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

An airy would-be solution to a housing shortage.

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

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

This concrete ship has had four careers - World War I tanker, floating amusement park, fishing pier, and artificial reef.

The longest covered bridge west of the Mississippi River.

Giant origami crease patterns engraved in Santa Monica intersections may even be visible from space.

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

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

Elephant seals and sea lions have turned the abandoned buildings on this island into their endangered love shack.

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

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

Location of the most powerful laser in the world, and the potential birthplace of tiny stars.

Inside this library turned museum, the history of Modesto and Stanislaus County is on full display.

An expansive and intricately restored mansion remains from over a century ago--and so do its ghosts.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.