This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”

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

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

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

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

A relic from a forgotten bakery chain still spins atop a diner.

According to tradition this is the oldest church in Venice, but its actual age is a mystery.

In the past, Renaissance sex workers were encouraged to entice customers on this bridge.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

Sit at the "Disney table,” where Walt and his team of "imagineers" once dined on the regular.

This nondescript tunnel has been featured in a number of iconic movies, from “Roger Rabbit” to “Back to the Future.”

A historic fort commemorating the United States' naval history.

The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.

A free library to stumble across, one of many placed worldwide if you know where to look.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

Because there's no place like home.