Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

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

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

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.

A tall karst islet popularized by 007.

The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years old and harbors many surprises.

Charnel house at the foot of Mount Sinai.

The massive cave church of Cairo's Zabbaleen community is one of the largest Christian churches in the Middle East.

An ancient instrument used to measure the waters of the Nile so Egyptian farmers would know whether to expect famine or flood.

Slum Settlement Filled With Mountains of Garbage.

In Egypt's expanding metro area, many of the neighbors are dead.

Not truly a ship nor a building, the Navy's first and last "landship" is now abandoned due to clerical issues.