This solitary monastery may hold the remains of Vlad the Impaler (but probably not).

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

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

The last of its kind in the country.

Small museum packed with artifacts recovered by the man rumored to be the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

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

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

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

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

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

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

Where the line between entertainment and aerospace blurs.

No matter what it might seem like on film, most scenes filmed on a plane are filmed at this LA studio.

Tour the original street level of Port Angeles, buried underground in 1914.

Unlike many reclaimed, abandoned mines, this Canadian cave system is still just a dangerous maze.

Railways may have forged this quintet of lovely tunnels, but now they are open to hikers.

The site of London's first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

A 2000-year-old Roman amphitheater lies just below Guildhall Yard.

An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.