A museum dedicated to the decorative arts from the 16th through 19th centuries.

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

A self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

A tiny chapel clings to a precipice above Germany’s gemstone capital.

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

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.

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

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

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