A building so large that it has its own weather.

Possibly the world's largest coin stands just outside of a Canadian science center.

The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.

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

A masterpiece in Golden Gate Park by virtue of the artist’s debt.

A free library to stumble across, one of many placed worldwide if you know where to look.

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

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

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

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

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.