Los Angeles, California
Muscle Beach
An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.
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Los Angeles, California
An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.
Los Angeles, California
After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.
San Simeon, California
This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.
Baker, California
This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.
Pioneertown, California
A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.
Cabazon, California
The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.
San Bernardino, California
A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.
Bombay Beach, California
Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.
Calipatria, California
This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.
Calipatria, California
A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.
Mecca, California
The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.
Beatty, Nevada
The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.
Beatty, Nevada
Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.
San Francisco, California
There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.
Sloan, Nevada
Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.
Hong Kong
A serene space tucked amid the skyscrapers of Hong Kong's bustling financial district.
Singapore
Singapore's landscaping project is home to 18 incredible Supertrees.
Singapore
This $62 million dollar temple was erected to house one little dental fragment of religious history.
Singapore
The largest pool at its elevation sits on top of one of the most expensive resorts in the world.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
5,000 skulls in memorial to those killed by the Khmer Rouge.
Ko Samui, Thailand
A dazzling temple featuring a towering 12-meter golden Buddha.
ambon Kalai, Thailand
A tall karst islet popularized by 007.
Bangkok, Thailand
For centuries young Thai men used this Giant Swing as a slingshot to heaven.