The final resting place of the great navigator, or maybe his brother.

Secret US military film studio in the Hollywood Hills.

This tile-work piece featuring a chicken riding in carriage is both a remarkable artistic creation and a social commentary of politics and culture in 17th-century Portugal.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

A hidden three-foot-wide house separates these two regal churches.

When this former hospital pharmacy closed in 2013 it already looked like a museum, so they turned it into one.

The stunning interior of this Gothic church is covered in ornate gold details.

Ancient catacombs form the foundation for this Rococo orgy of a church.

Elaborate tile work in this railway station tells the story of Portugal.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

A 250 million-year-old rock formation has earned a rather unique nickname.

Instead of faces, these sculptures have barcodes—statements on societal dehumanization.

A unique piece of graffiti offers a little slice of local history and mystery.

A massive ultra-modern church presents a science-fiction view of Catholicism's inclusive future.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

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

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.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

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.

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

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

The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.