Places Edited by jondi letnap

A collection of anti-communist sculptures stands watch in the Mojave Desert.

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

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

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

An off-grid art installation that encourages its visitors to imagine a world without waste.

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.

The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.

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

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

This futuristic bridge is one of the longest self-anchored pedestrian bridges in the world.

The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.

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

This San Diego museum is dedicated to preserving women’s historic achievements.

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

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

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

The art and history of the velvet painting are on full display in this Los Angeles museum.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

A 19th-century Baja cantina that many say is the birthplace of the margarita.

Graffiti-covered ruins that were once part of a farm owned by a mental hospital.

This monster board rode a monster wave to break two world records.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.