The 5,000-year-old megalith is believed to be Scotland's tallest standing stone.

A red-brick beacon stands against the tempestuous Atlantic, on the windiest site in the United Kingdom.

Even after the church tried to wipe the practice out, this pagan festival lives on each year in a small Scottish village.

A baffling beast so absurd a town councilman called it "intellectual vomit in technicolor."

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

Ride a dragon train into a world of dwarves.

Be(w)ar(e) the moat around this historic Czech castle.

A menacing statue of this mythical creature can be seen at the legendary site of the monster's lair.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

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

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

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

This grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

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

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.