The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

This blowhole is supposedly caused by a trapped monster.

Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.

A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

What is the Thing?

A high point in Vancouver kitsch.

This Elizabethan hedge maze is one of only six in North America.

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

Common all over Japan, kōbans are small community police boxes, and now one is guarding one of L.A.’s megamalls.

A cult following celebrates the legend that belies this curious podiatrists' office sign which has worked its way into song, literature, animation, and the visual arts.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

A 9 year-old boy’s elaborate cardboard arcade in his father’s used auto parts store.

An iconic location along the Los Angeles River where countless movie scenes are filmed.

A beautiful memorial tells the story of a formerly enslaved woman whose kindness shaped a burgeoning city.

This sculpture presents commentary on a life in pursuit of profits.

A beloved carnival gets a modern makeover in Los Angeles.

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

The gondolas let you glimpse a bird's-eye view of one of the world's highest capital cities.

It took 160 years to complete the most ornate church in Ecuador.

Home of the "true" equator.

These mammoth-yet-narrow crevasses in the Earth are perfect for taking an otherworldly swim.

This Hollywood dive houses a mural painted by the artists who animated its namesake film.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.