Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

A celebrity from the late Cretaceous period.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.

A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.

A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

An urban laboratory.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

One man has installed bathtubs into the Utah desert floor to harness the powers of a natural hot spring.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

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

A long-vacant Scottish Rite temple in Hollywood has been converted into an art museum filled with Masonic relics.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

Dozens of lights dangle from the branches of what may be the brightest tree in Los Angeles.

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.