The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

What was once a unique system of urban elevators is turning into a mechanical ruin.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

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

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.

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

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

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

A master of deception, Harry Houdini's greatest trick may have been living in two places at once.

From sax to spuds, get 'em all at this landmark music establishment.

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

Two very green residential towers cleaning the air in one of Europe's most polluted cities.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

This ancient market is often referred to as the oldest shopping mall in the world.

A sliver of 19th-century Germany sits on the shore of a Chilean lake.

This millstone commemorates a gruesome tale that may have been the source of the city's name.

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.

Old Danish castle immortalized in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."

One of the oldest family businesses in Reykjavík serves lamb-based hot dogs.

This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.