This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

One incredible room in the Santa Barbara Courthouse is covered in wall-to-wall canvas murals.

Oldest building in California still in use.

A small sculpture garden that provides a microcosmic representation of California.

A cult following celebrates the legend that belies this curious podiatrists' office sign which has worked its way into song, literature, animation, and the visual arts.

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

The first all glass and steel residence in the United States.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

When this massive wooden temple ran out of rope, they made one out of devotees' hair.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.

Swedish skyscraper with a 90° twist.

A unique botanical garden housed in three giant geodesic domes.

Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.