Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

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

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.

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

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

A King Kong-like gorilla hangs from the top of this commercial building in Tokyo.

These two monoliths have stood at the entrance to the neighborhood since the days it was called "Hollywoodland."

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

Oldest building in California still in use.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.