Rare collectibles from automated musical instruments to 250 unique automobiles.

A plaque on a rock dedicated to a famous, forgotten author, and put in an impossible place.

West Point’s only monument to a woman veteran stands above an empty grave.

Once in disrepair, the house where the 1983 film was shot has been restored and turned into a museum.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

"The only replacement for a DC-3 is another DC-3."

Legendary prop shop filled with one man's collection of scientific curiosities.

Every birth, death, and marriage is recorded in these color-coded leather-bound books.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

A succession of eerily contemplative iron figures lead from a Scottish museum to the sea.

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.

An ultra-modern vista that has been featured in so many films the house is a celebrity in its own right.

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

An informal walk of fame in front of a Hollywood office building remembers a comedic great and his associates.

In one Santa Monica parking lot a mushroom cloud made of chains heralds a message of peace.

A mass grave for victims of an airline disaster that led to much-needed safety improvements for commercial flights.