A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

340 bicycles, 65 feet high.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

The oldest house in the capital of Silicon Valley.

At night, this glittering musical tunnel draws skaters and photographers.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

Now a memorial, this factory was once used as a concentration camp for artists by the Vichy government.

A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”

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

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

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.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

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

Walk through living pictures and music in the Cathedral of Images.

The Nobel-Prize-winning author of The Stranger is buried beneath a simple gravestone in a sleepy French village.

Sky ships, planes, and portraits left as unique tokens of hope and thankfulness.

This modern museum of Mediterranean culture is surrounded by a surreal concrete honeycomb.

This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.

Balconies that have a most unusual accent.

A French library that makes sure its love of books is writ large... giant in fact.