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The biggest pinball arcade in the world has over 600 pinball machines, and 300 arcade machines.

Chewing gum tycoon's memorial lies perched over wife's botanical gardens on Santa Catalina Island.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

A glittering South Asian anomaly in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb.

Fans of the spicy bright-red sauce can tour where it's made.

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

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

Made famous by cable TV, this oddball collection of antiques and collectibles is a cut above the rest.

Giant origami crease patterns engraved in Santa Monica intersections may even be visible from space.

In one Santa Monica parking lot a mushroom cloud made of chains heralds a message of peace.

This well-traveled chess park offers scenic views of the pacific and a colorful, eclectic clientele.

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

An homage to the man who built California's version of Venice.

A lonely Gondola stuck on a traffic circle sits in a spot where it once would have floated down the Grand Canal.

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.

A tribute to long time Venice Beach resident, artist and actor Dennis Hopper.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

A black and white mural stands out from its psychedelic surroundings.

A gift from Abbot Kinney and a little bit of piece of Black history in Venice Beach.

Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.

On a quiet suburban street stands a peculiarly decorated house covered in mosaics.