Only 68 people per day are allowed to visit this New Zealand bird-watcher’s paradise.

Nature's slip and slide.

Some of the clearest water anywhere in the world.

The world's only complete colossal squid specimen is on display at the Te Papa Museum.

Wander among the ghostly ruins of an island where civilization flourished for thousands of years.

A wonderful collection of fossilized dinosaurs and other creatures that roamed the landscape millions of years ago.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

Wayne Newton's sprawling estate is now open for visitors to catch a glimpse of his "heart and soul."

This institution collects the history of burlesque dancing with a titillating collection of ephemera and pasties.

This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

A beloved carnival gets a modern makeover in Los Angeles.

This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

A gift from Abbot Kinney and a little bit of piece of Black history in Venice Beach.

This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

Common all over Japan, kōbans are small community police boxes, and now one is guarding one of L.A.’s megamalls.

A macabre tour of Hollywood’s deadly history.

Hand-crafted tributes to a stray cat named "Room 8" now cover this LA elementary school.

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

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