L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

A masterpiece in Golden Gate Park by virtue of the artist’s debt.

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.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

The neighborhood of Eagle Rock is named after a gigantic boulder with a shadowy surprise.

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

Factory that once supported an entire company town of 350.

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.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

The famous blue house from the classic horror film "Halloween" is now a local landmark.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

An iconic location along the Los Angeles River where countless movie scenes are filmed.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

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.