A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

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

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.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

This well-traveled chess park offers scenic views of the pacific and a colorful, eclectic clientele.

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

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 abandoned 1970s theme park that has been turned into a space for waterfront walking.

The garage at the childhood home of Steve Jobs was a hangout for the founders of Apple, even if they never built computers there.

This small monument to the great inventor contains a time capsule and a Wi-Fi hotspot.

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

A humble garage, world-famous for being the epicenter of a technology revolution.

The world’s first stop-motion film was created on the racetrack outside this building.

Where the alchemists dream of transmuting base metal into gold was actually achieved.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

The Laureates here get something even more coveted than a Nobel Prize: free parking for life.

Art from the latest counter-culture; kids who dye their hair blue and believe the future will be a post-apocalyptic water world.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.