A large sculptural artwork and garden in Escondido, California.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

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

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

An informal walk of fame in front of a Hollywood office building remembers a comedic great and his associates.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

An iconic location along the Los Angeles River where countless movie scenes are filmed.

Guarded by the Angel of Grief, the Stanford family tomb attracts an odd mix of halloween revelry and somber contemplation.

A hidden world of exotic succulents and cacti.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

A sudden forest of traditional Papua New Guinean art works is hidden in a corner of Stanford University.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

A portion of the old Pirates stadium over which a defining home run once flew still stands even after the rest of the stadium was torn down.

This plaque marks a place where one of Hollywood’s most famous dancers got his start.

Found art has transformed this Pittsburgh neighborhood into a psychedelic dream.

Once the most painted on object in the world, this short campus fence is well on its way to being so again.

This shop filled with oddities and knick-knacks is named for a 19th-century charlatan.

A beautiful oddities shop crammed with strange and morbid curiosities.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.