Three vintage horses survived a 1976 inferno and found a home on a sister carousel.

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.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

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.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

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

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

A mysterious plaque to the even more mysterious "Fr. Pat Noise," killed in "suspicious circumstances."

This statue celebrating everyday life in Dublin has a few unsavory nicknames.

The block of aged dairy is probably still edible after 2,300 years in a peat bog.

More than 5,000 artifacts donated by the people of the city, plus a room entirely devoted to the band U2.

Dublin's "Dead Zoo" serves as a window to Victorian museum design.

This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.

A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.

The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.

17th century streets hidden under Edinburgh were once a breeding ground for the black death.

Art Deco stylings conceal the true nature of this bridge.

Pillars made of 700 pieces of luggage climb to the ceiling of Sacramento Airport's baggage claim.