A monument to the love people have for their pets.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

No matter what it might seem like on film, most scenes filmed on a plane are filmed at this LA studio.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

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

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.

In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

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

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.