Romania's "Red Ravine" is a little-known natural wonder that bears a resemblance to the Grand Canyon.

This former Norwegian sailor's church is slowly being taken over by ramshackle robot musicians.

Where there’s manufacturing, there’s fire!

This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.

Arizona's first government hub is a rustic cabin now preserved as part of a historical museum.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

A former department store turned into a quirky restaurant.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

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

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

This “living museum” at UCLA exhibits thousands of plant species from all over the world.

A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.

Raised illegally, Reggie now lives at the Los Angeles Zoo after authorities spent years tracking him down.

On a quiet suburban street stands a peculiarly decorated house covered in mosaics.

The mall's looks were inspired by the cowboy extras who used to meet up—and cause real trouble—at this Hollywood hub.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

You don't want to get caught in this trap--or do you?

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

A theatre built to house the rowdy Oxford graduation ceremonies became the stage for a debate about God's existence.

England's largest white horse isn't even white.

Legend says this demonic carving inside a medieval cathedral was one of Satan's minions.

Modern commuters still pass through this 2,000-year-old Roman archway.