Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

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

Mexican food and folk art.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

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

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

A world-class observatory in the California desert.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Walk through the actual strap iron cells and solitary chambers of Arizona Territory’s first prison.

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

Making Ice Cream Hip Since 2008.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

"The Star Factory" cranked out Hollywood stars like nobody's business.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

Some of the tallest ancient American ruins continue to inspire awe and curiosity.

This famous city eluded concrete detection until the early 2000's.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

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