A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

Apartment building was once posh playground to the Hollywood elite.

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

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.

This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

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

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

A small marionette collection located within the dark cellars of an 11th-century Austrian castle.

This small Bavarian graveyard is filled with empty graves for German soldiers lost during the World Wars.

Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.

Terrifically morbid cemetary and site of famous Paracelsus' grave.

Ugly 18th-century dwarf statues living in a perfectly landscaped Austrian garden.

This magnificent museum claims to house the cranium of a disciple and the skull of a pope.

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

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

Perhaps the world's only gas station inspired by a political scandal.

An outsider art duo's yard has been turned into a whimsical public gallery.

A small section of Boise, Idaho maintains the unique culture and traditions of the Basque people.

Jail from the 19th century that was built by inmates.

Boise State's stadium was the first non-green football field in the world.