Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

A water tower shaped like a giant coffee pot looms over a small Swedish village in Central California.

These two monoliths have stood at the entrance to the neighborhood since the days it was called "Hollywoodland."

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

A cult following celebrates the legend that belies this curious podiatrists' office sign which has worked its way into song, literature, animation, and the visual arts.

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

Because there's no place like home.

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.

A "Titanic" superfan changed his name to Jack and set up this strange shrine to the blockbuster, complete with Korean food and Tarot readings.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

An upstate New York garage advertises its services by literally putting the automobile above all else.

The original Uncle Sam was actually a New York meatpacker who is buried under this historic grave.

Two mermen, eternally spitting into each other's mouths.