A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

Instead of hoofing it up steep stairs, residents can hitch a ride on this private lift.

This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.

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

Fans of vintage Vegas, kitsch, and toy pony-based gambling now flock to a casino called The D.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

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

The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.

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

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.

The neighborhood church casts a breast-shaped shadow that locals have come to call the “two o’clock titty.”

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

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

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.