A gorgeous mural outside a beloved D.C. restaurant pays homage to famous Black Americans.

Common all over Japan, kōbans are small community police boxes, and now one is guarding one of L.A.’s megamalls.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

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

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

This wooden statue commemorates a man who spent nearly 40 years waving hello to the people of Laguna Beach.

Statues pay tribute to the icons of "Killer Dana," one of California's most famous surfing towns.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

Overshadowed by the theme park opposite it, this small museum explores a major moment in American history.

This street was the filming location of the iconic flying bicycle scene from “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.”

A Lovecraftian altar of nightmarish bronze chairs sits ominously on a boardwalk in Puerto Vallarta.

A pair of oily black spiders lurk inside South Korea's largest airport.

A sculpture dedicated to the trade that gave the town its name.

An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.

One of the world's richest men bought this former paper factory and transformed it into a mall.

This rock formation named for its unique shape is one of many that call the Alabama Hills home.

This bronze statue commemorates the strange and beloved mascot of UC Irvine—the only university to be represented by a giant anteater.

This (occupied) house is 10 feet wide and full of spite.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

You can release a young butterfly at this beautiful indoor garden.

The only castle in North America to ever house European sovereigns.

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

The famous artist couple lived and worked here, in two different houses connected by a bridge.