This wooden statue commemorates a man who spent nearly 40 years waving hello to the people of Laguna Beach.

Oldest building in California still in use.

Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.

These structures were inspired by both Native American shelters as well as, strangely, an ice cream shop.

A tribute to the disposable cups that were once manufactured here, this 68-foot-tall statue would be difficult to throw away.

The Citrus Variety Collection at UC Riverside contains two trees of each of the 1,000+ varieties of citrus.

These six walrus head statues harken back to a time when this area wasn't far from the oceanfront.

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

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

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.

Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

This automated sculpture of two men peeing will spell out text messages with their micturition.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.

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

Mexican food and folk art.

This California tree is the single source of the state's entire orange industry.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.