These were the largest wind chimes in the world when artist Tom Van Sant created them for a California mall in 1967.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

The spot in the Mile-High City that's exactly 5,280 feet above sea level (at least for now).

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

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

Once a menacing challenge for trailblazers, this trail is now the most scenic drive in Utah.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

Instead of fruit, the branches of this tree are brimming with hopes and dreams.

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

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

This bank is widely believed to be the inspiration for the offices of Philip Marlowe, the hardboiled detective featured in a number of Raymond Chandler's stories.

Although he donated over 3,000 acres to Los Angles, Griffith's life was marred by controversy.

Inside this library, the history of Los Angeles is retold through a mural.

The man who voiced Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, and more has a headstone reading, "That's all, folks!"

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