A few iconic structures are all that remain of America’s first outdoor shopping mall.

The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.

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

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

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

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.

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

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

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

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

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.

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

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

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

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

Eccentric concrete mansion and museum designed and built by hand from the inside out.

A pride of the state, this working museum crafts pottery mosaics in the style of Pennsylvania's earliest European settlers.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

An abandoned underground bunker not far from downtown New Orleans.

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.