A church now sits over the site of one of the worst urban disasters of early 19th-century America.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.

A 250 million-year-old rock formation has earned a rather unique nickname.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

This California tree is the single source of the state's entire orange industry.

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

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

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

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

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

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.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

An Italian restaurant became a rock-and-roll hangout and the lair of the "Hollywood vampires."

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

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

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.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.