The world's largest private aircraft collection.

America's only city hall with minarets took architectural cues from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

"Looks so real, it's scary!"

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

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

Legendary prop shop filled with one man's collection of scientific curiosities.

A tribute to long time Venice Beach resident, artist and actor Dennis Hopper.

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.

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

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.

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

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

The famous blue house from the classic horror film "Halloween" is now a local landmark.

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

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

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