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

A treasure hunter's tiny bar, harboring celebrities since 1959.

One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.

Giant origami crease patterns engraved in Santa Monica intersections may even be visible from space.

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

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

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

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

A historic pub with traditional Irish cuisine, fine drinks, and a paranormal past.

This cave was once thought to be a hiding place for the devil.

At the supposed instruction of Ben Franklin and Socrates, a Spiritualist believer intended to birth a mechanical messiah here.

This Gothic castle was inspired by Erik the Red's Viking residence at Brattahlid in Greenland.

A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.

This natural Icelandic fissure allows divers to swim right between two volatile tectonic plates.

Inside this Icelandic greenhouse, geothermal energy keeps tomatoes warm and growing.

A fantastic reconstruction of a 10th-century Viking longhouse.

Surrounded by ash fields in Iceland, an impossibly verdant valley looks like something out of a fairytale.

Instead of solid circles, the stoplights in this northern Icelandic town have glowing red hearts.

A little-visited waterfall in an otherworldly landscape.

The enchanting archway is the only surviving portal into Dublin's lost medieval wall.

The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.