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

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

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 final resting place of a space program monolith.

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

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

The last of its kind in the country.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

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

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

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.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

This seemingly cursed monument is dedicated to one of Canada's great war heroes.

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."