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

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

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

On a quiet suburban street stands a peculiarly decorated house covered in mosaics.

Perhaps the most unique of any Frank Gehry design for one simple reason: Gehry himself actually lives here.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

This well-traveled chess park offers scenic views of the pacific and a colorful, eclectic clientele.

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

A lonely Gondola stuck on a traffic circle sits in a spot where it once would have floated down the Grand Canal.

A popular legend claims that the famous pizza was invented at a restaurant in this alley.

Inside this McDonald's you can dine on your Big Mac and fries next to a 2,500-year-old Roman wall.

Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.

A complex, nine-layer maze on the grounds of a Venetian doge's playground.

The world's oldest surviving anatomical theater, where "the dead are pleased to help the living."

In this nearly 1,000-year-old monastery, monks painstakingly restore old books.

A beautifully well-preserved ancient Roman villa.

One of the largest squares in Europe contains an entire artificial island.

A devastating landslide accidentally created this tourist hotspot.

The only visible remains of this ancient Greek underground temple is its roof protruding from the earth.