The short oil boom of Venice Beach, and its swift removal from the tourism-laden landscape.

Perhaps the most unique of any Frank Gehry design for one simple reason: Gehry himself actually lives here.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

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

Louise Bourgeois' 30-foot-tall steel spider sculpture.

Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

A 2000-year-old Roman amphitheater lies just below Guildhall Yard.

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

Made famous by cable TV, this oddball collection of antiques and collectibles is a cut above the rest.

Wild West history in Hollywood style.

A wild west scene starring life-sized wooden statues hides in the trees behind Pierce College.

Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.

The first bell ever cast in Boston was cast by Paul Revere...and sounded terrible.

From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.

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

Apartment building was once posh playground to the Hollywood elite.

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.

27-room home built with the fortune of a sugar magnate.

Remains of Roman amphitheater hidden in a sleepy quarter of Paris.

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.