This frog-themed restaurant was frequented by Picasso, Saint-Exupéry, and more.

Hundreds of secret cabinets built into the walls of legendary poisoner's private work room.

At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.

Budapest's Communist-era statues, banished to the suburbs.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

Mexico City's largest market contains a Willy Wonka-esque wonderland.

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

This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.

The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

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

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

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

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

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

The language and heritage of a nearly forgotten culture can still be explored in this Southern enclave.