This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

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 so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

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

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.

A sad reminder of the World War II bombing stands largely unnoticed on a street corner.

This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."

Cabaret where the show girls are all androids, and the patrons couldn't be more pleased.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

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World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

This museum housed in a former brothel explores the past and present of sex work in Amsterdam.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

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

This indie movie theater is one of only three surviving Mayan-themed theaters designed by “Detroit’s greatest theater architect.”

World's largest Christmas store.

A Florida college boasts the world's largest single-site collection of structures designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

Charlie Smith was almost certainly not 137 years old when he died, but why let that get in the way of a great story?

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

Believed to be haunted, this old cemetery is beautifully adorned with Spanish moss hanging from the trees.