This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.

Perched high atop telephone poles is an uncanny outdoor art gallery that greets passersby on their commute.

Known as the "Hobbit Houses," these storybook homes look like they're straight out of the Shire.

This museum honors the first Spanish land grant in California which is still in the hands of the original owner's family.

A bright California graveyard with a decidedly dark side.

The first privately-owned space capsule to orbit and land carried a secret payload: a wheel of Le Brouère.

Eclectic collection of dark and macabre antiques.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

This vintage car parts store is also a museum devoted to a squat little gem of automotive history.

The famous blue house from the classic horror film "Halloween" is now a local landmark.

This diner's a kitschy dreamland for anyone whose heart is stuck in the 1980s.

A gap in the concrete has been transformed into a miniature playground for the mind.

An informal walk of fame in front of a Hollywood office building remembers a comedic great and his associates.

Founded by a high school teacher, this poetry magazine became a center for all things literary.

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

This childhood throwback has hundreds of arcade games and pinball machines to transport you back in time.

Giant origami crease patterns engraved in Santa Monica intersections may even be visible from space.

A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”

Gnomes have their very own bonsai-landscaped settlement on a university campus.

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

An ode to the friendship between four Pacific Rim countries.

The Southern California pop sounds of surf and sand were born right here.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

Inside this clubhouse is a cinephile's paradise.