The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

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

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

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

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

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

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Built for an exposition in 1915, these horticultural displays have stood the test of time.

A stunning landscape of bunkers that once stored chemical weapons.

Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.

A plaque commemorates the spot in the Oregon woods where the first-ever Geocache was hidden.

A forensic lab dedicated to fighting crimes against wildlife.

As a show of peace, a Japanese naval pilot gifted his 400-year-old Samurai sword to the Oregon town he bombed.

This rare, carefully curated collection showcases the history of neon inside a grandiose Elks lodge.

The largest wooden building in the world now houses a fascinating collection of aircraft.

The only house in Oregon designed by the famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

Post office plaque commemorates local resistance to a cult invasion.

At the base of Steens Mountain resides an otherworldly desert.

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

A logging-themed roadside restaurant surrounded by museum-quality machinery and artifacts from the industry's heyday.

Shakespeare has been brought to life in this open air theater for the better part of a century.

1920's mining camp and environmental education center is serving to protect the surrounding forest, one of the last of its kind in the Pacific Northwest.