An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

An homage to the man who built California's version of Venice.

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.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

A strangely angled West Village home is the only monument to an explosion that took the lives of three American revolutionaries.

The oldest Methodist church in the United States has been spreading the good news for over two centuries.

The iconic Manhattan corner that was once the site of the Beastie Boys' fake clothing store.

A quiet and contemplative oasis in the middle of New York's bustle and riot.

This monument to a veteran of the Mexican-American War is one of only two in Manhattan that serve as an actual mausoleum.

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

The artist and New York City icon lived, worked and died in this converted carriage house owned by another iconic artist, Andy Warhol.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

Prove you deserve to be fed by Kenny Shopsin.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

A Montreal deli that was so beloved that it was allowed to circumvent their laws of language.

The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.

This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.

This monumental Jesus is often referred to as "Our Milk Carton With Arms."

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.