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A tribute to the disposable cups that were once manufactured here, this 68-foot-tall statue would be difficult to throw away.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.

Chewing gum tycoon's memorial lies perched over wife's botanical gardens on Santa Catalina Island.

A popular winter vacation destination for migrating monarch butterflies.

This 75-year-old Shakespearean sculpture is painted by a local artist for every season.

Someone really, really wanted to save this fast-food icon from demolition.

Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.

This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.

A unique local art exhibit that has continued to grow since 1989.

A living museum dedicated to the legendary woodworker and his soulful furniture.

The design of this ornately decorated place of worship closely mirrors a church in Vietnam.

A statue destroyed by a 1987 earthquake lies in pieces on a university campus.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

Gnomes have their very own bonsai-landscaped settlement on a university campus.

The disdain for this dysfunctional dam is reflected in a giant pair of scissors painted on the concrete face.

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

An airy would-be solution to a housing shortage.

Built in 1899, this luxurious home was part of one of the first gated communities in Los Angeles.

Originally the home of chewing gum mogul William Wrigely Jr, it is now the official offices of the Tournament of Roses.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

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

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.