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

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

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

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

This "synagogue" is not what it seems to be.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

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

This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.

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

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.

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

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

A series of waterfalls and pools that flow through the 'Ohe'o Gulch and into the ocean.

The famous aviator's final resting place is a study in natural beauty.

This seemingly cursed monument is dedicated to one of Canada's great war heroes.

This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.

Genesis of modern hydroelectric power.

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's greatest—and favorite—architectural masterpieces was almost lost.

A 19th-century architectural wonder designed by the "father of the skyscraper."

The seat of Buffalo government is a gorgeous Art Deco palace.

The absurd creation is a compulsory destination for selfies in Buffalo.

This vessel is believed to be the oldest operating fireboat in the world.

Buffalo's abandoned concrete grain elevators are getting a second life.