Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

Legendary prop shop filled with one man's collection of scientific curiosities.

In one Santa Monica parking lot a mushroom cloud made of chains heralds a message of peace.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

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

The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.

The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.

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

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

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.

Because there's no place like home.

The first permanent memorial to a unique secret weapon of World War II.

Watch the newest land on the planet form before your eyes.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.