Centuries of crashing waves carved out this small hole in the rock, which lights up at certain parts of the year.

The long, arduous journey of the stones of the Abbey of New Clairvaux.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

Once the gateway to the utopian dream-village of a Civil War embalmer.

This whimsical seashell-shaped place of worship was designed to blend into its surroundings.

This giant head is all that remains of a once proud statue that survived an earthquake but not a fall off of a wagon.

A trail weaves through the verses of a poem illustrated by stone sculptures inspired by Native American pictographs.

Where religious effigies, magic soaps, and occult candles are brought to customers at wholesale prices.

Instead of hoofing it up steep stairs, residents can hitch a ride on this private lift.

On a quiet suburban street stands a peculiarly decorated house covered in mosaics.

The quirky salon doubles as a retro museum run by the world's leading "hairstorian."

A treasure hunter's tiny bar, harboring celebrities since 1959.

Inky sludge oozes to the surface of this beach thanks to a rare natural tar seep.

Guns that have been defending San Francisco since 1904.

Experience the glam side of air travel without leaving the ground at this speakeasy.

An Italian restaurant became a rock-and-roll hangout and the lair of the "Hollywood vampires."

Each winter this underground cave forms a dazzling ice palace.

The set location for a 1987 cult classic draws international film buffs to the middle of the Mojave Desert.

Elephant seals and sea lions have turned the abandoned buildings on this island into their endangered love shack.

This futuristic bridge is one of the longest self-anchored pedestrian bridges in the world.

A wild west scene starring life-sized wooden statues hides in the trees behind Pierce College.

A life-sized mammoth sculpture marks the spot where the remains of a Columbian mammoth were discovered in 2005.

Pay your respects to departed pets, both celebrity and otherwise.

Hidden among the multi-million dollar mansions in the Santa Cruz hills is a sanctuary for troubled birds.