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.

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.

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

A 19th-century cabin built into a hollowed-out Sequoia tree.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

The oldest attraction in Disneyland is a prehistoric stump that Walt may have bought for his wife.

A giant mascot, a car bomb, and the mafia mingle in the history of a defunct restaurant chain.

This abandoned horse racing track was an exercise in hubris from its inception.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

Oldest building in California still in use.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

This 24-acre park offers a place for meditation in the midst of Sedona's iconic red rocks.

The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.