A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.

Large but largely ignored, these 42 life-size Liberty Bell replicas were a peculiar, unexplained feature on the facade of a Macy's department store.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

A cult following celebrates the legend that belies this curious podiatrists' office sign which has worked its way into song, literature, animation, and the visual arts.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

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

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House On Haunted Hil" to a robot hunter's pad.

The last of its kind in the country.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

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

Gift shop offering toe tags and chalk body beach towels tucked into a coroner's office.