A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

A relic from a forgotten bakery chain still spins atop a diner.

NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

This nondescript tunnel has been featured in a number of iconic movies, from “Roger Rabbit” to “Back to the Future.”

A classically trained chef makes beloved burritos inside a gas station.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.

The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.

This 'Murder House' grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

The world's first disc golf course has the Jet Propulsion Laboratory as a neighbor.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

Two groundbreaking brothers from Pasadena.

Originally the home of chewing gum mogul William Wrigely Jr, it is now the official offices of the Tournament of Roses.

This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

Colorado Boulevard’s historic bookstore, operating since the bustling city of Pasadena was merely some orange groves and a few ostrich farms.

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

Largest collection of mounted dinosaur specimens in the world.

An unphotographable nightly march of tens of thousands of "fairy penguins" from sea to shore.

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.