Oldest building in California still in use.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

A theatre built to house the rowdy Oxford graduation ceremonies became the stage for a debate about God's existence.

This 11th century tower is said to be the oldest building in Oxford.

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

The world's longest known cave system.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

Once the fastest ship from San Francisco to Tahiti, the Galilee now lays in pieces in three different cities.

The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.