The beautiful behemoth is one of the largest trees of its kind in the United States.

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

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

A relief that wraps around the concourse of Los Angeles's World Trade Center marks one of the city's failed urban design plans.

A treasure hunter's tiny bar, harboring celebrities since 1959.

A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”

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.

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

Hidden in one of the skyscrapers on Bunker Hill, this museum features an 1895 stagecoach and peers into California’s gold-lined history.

Though the original building has been demolished, these massive bronze doors were saved.

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

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

Known as the "Hobbit Houses," these storybook homes look like they're straight out of the Shire.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

A monthly street "service" of handmade puppets and live original puppets, whose devotees profess has the power to change lives.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

This little gem of Spanish Colonial architecture has been abandoned since the 1950s.