A bright California graveyard with a decidedly dark side.

A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

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

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

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

This museum celebrating the almighty dollar lets visitors literally stand in the shadow of a million bucks.

This California estate was either haunted by ghosts or the Marx brothers.

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

The lush coastal city of Astoria is riddled with forgotten secret sidewalks.

This Southern Californian Conservation Center is home to singing and howling apes.

This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

This foolish Victorian sea fort was converted to a deluxe hotel.

The stones of this Incan wall complex fit together so well you couldn't fit a piece of paper between some of them.