Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

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.

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

The sun acts as a key that only fits this giant keyhole twice a year.

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

Bridges, terraces, and replicas of historic structures all built of rock and petrified wood by one man.

Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

These six walrus head statues harken back to a time when this area wasn't far from the oceanfront.

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.

This coastal rock formation resembles a churning cauldron at high tide.

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.