A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.

Under the shadow of its towering parent tree, a rare specimen of sequoia produces ghostly white leaves.

A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

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

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

This jagged colossus of a building is mostly held together by an enormous concrete exoskeleton.

A long-vacant Scottish Rite temple in Hollywood has been converted into an art museum filled with Masonic relics.

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

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

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.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Perhaps the most unique of any Frank Gehry design for one simple reason: Gehry himself actually lives here.

A treasure hunter's tiny bar, harboring celebrities since 1959.

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

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

Legendary prop shop filled with one man's collection of scientific curiosities.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.