A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

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

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

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

The world's first motel is now an administrative building for an apple farm.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

What began as an illegal art installation has become a symbol for unity, ocean awareness, and coastline preservation.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

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

From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

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

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.