One of the world's largest ice festivals dazzles visitors for over a month with radiant sculptures and carvings.

Why walk on this historical site when you can zoom down instead?

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years old and harbors many surprises.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

Dioramas and animatronics lead you through the story of Bhagavad-gita, the Indian literary classic.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

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

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

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

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

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

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

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

The last orange grove of the San Fernando Valley is owned and protected by CSU Northridge.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

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

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