Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

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

A museum devoted to bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories through exhibitions, education and public programming.

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.

This knockout museum lies in a sleepy corner of London.

The Florence Nightingale Museum is home to the famous nurse's most treasured possession: her beloved pet owl.

Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

A collection dedicated to the treatment of disease, held in London's oldest hospital.

One of the world's largest collections of pathological specimens.

The site of London's first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

42nd story Pyramid shaped penthouse tops Seattle's oldest skyscraper.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."

19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

This old estate is a remnant of when the Bronx was a popular summer destination for wealthy New Yorkers.