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

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

A museum dedicated to the decorative arts from the 16th through 19th centuries.

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

The words of the neighborhood's most famous poets adorn four concrete walls.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

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

Where hundreds of Japanese civilians committed suicide to avoid being captured by American soldiers during WWII.

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

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

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

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

Oldest building in California still in use.

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

This mysterious petroglyph evokes the ancient swastika symbol but was later vandalized with the more troublesome Nazi one.

Mexican food and folk art.

Amsterdam's narrowest house facade is a monument to 17th-century tax evasion.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

This German bone house contains the remains of some 20,000 souls.