San Francisco, California
Palace of Fine Arts
The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.
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San Francisco, California
The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.
San Francisco, California
There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.
San Francisco, California
Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.
San Francisco, California
This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.
Paris, France
The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.
Paris, France
The location of this small park was once the site of an infamous public morgue.
Newport Beach, California
These were the largest wind chimes in the world when artist Tom Van Sant created them for a California mall in 1967.
Paris, France
An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.
Paris, France
A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.
Los Angeles, California
This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.
Garden Grove, California
Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.
San Juan Capistrano, California
Oldest building in California still in use.
Tustin, California
This enormous World War II relic is one of the largest wooden structures in the world.
Tustin, California
A very tiny church, bisected by a now-dead oak tree and marooned in the middle of a shopping center parking lot.
Irvine, California
One of the largest helium balloons in the U.S. is a 112-foot ginormous orange.
Paris, France
The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.
Paris, France
This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.
Laguna Beach, California
This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.
Laguna Beach, California
This wooden statue commemorates a man who spent nearly 40 years waving hello to the people of Laguna Beach.
Irvine, California
This bronze statue commemorates the strange and beloved mascot of UC Irvine—the only university to be represented by a giant anteater.
Newport Beach, California
Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.
Newport Beach, California
Try the frozen treat that inspired Arrested Development's famous banana stand.