Historic house-museum dedicated to the revolutionary gay graphic artist Tom of Finland.

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

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

A quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.

This giant green head remembers one of America's jazz giants.

The art and history of the velvet painting are on full display in this Los Angeles museum.

Rusty pieces of metal jutting out of a breakwater are all that's visible of the 12,500-ton ocean liner that capsized just off the beach.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

A stellar example of Art & Crafts architecture, and a movie set to boot.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

When zealous marijuana enthusiasts kept stealing the "Mile 420" highway marker, the State of Colorado got creative.

The world’s largest combined collection of U.S. and Russian aircraft got its start in a poultry building.

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

An ivy-covered arch bridge dedicated to Tejano music singer and legend Rosita Fernandez.

These lush botanical gardens employ the most purrfect pest control force.

California's oldest wind harp represents a historic piece of America's Danish history.

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

At 130 years old and 126 feet tall, it is the largest known example of the rare Torrey pine tree.

Inky sludge oozes to the surface of this beach thanks to a rare natural tar seep.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

The White House Situation Room was taken apart in 2006 and shipped to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

This "synagogue" is not what it seems to be.