A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

The headquarters of the famous Yale society.

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

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

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

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

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

Iconic Los Angeles residence famous for its 19 statues of Michelangelo's David.

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

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.