A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

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

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

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

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

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

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

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

Two groundbreaking brothers from Pasadena.

Making Ice Cream Hip Since 2008.

Some of the most unusual (and in some cases, disgusting) flavors of soda imaginable.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

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

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

Hiding amid the largest camellia collection in the country lies a charming children's maze, donated by a secret admirer.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.