A beautiful memorial tells the story of a formerly enslaved woman whose kindness shaped a burgeoning city.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection. 

A little barn in the middle of the city preserving Hollywood treasures since 1985.

The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.

L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

An imposing pair of sphinxes stand guard outside this Egyptian Revival tomb.

This spot memorializes one of the greatest plays in NFL history, unless you happen to be a Raiders fan.

This icon of the Atomic Age now lays dormant.

This eccentric mansion museum holds a impressive collection of rare and automatic instruments.

This restaurant offers a side of antiques, curios, and a bathroom chock full of owls.

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

Color-coded signs direct drivers on a network of routes designed to avoid Pittsburgh traffic.

The souvenir got the company’s founder out of a pretty pickle at the World’s Fair.

10,500 square feet of pinball housed in former dollar store and home to the last playable "Thunderball."

A 14th century bridge built as a fortress, where the devil lurks on one of its towers.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

The residents of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe live without much fanfare within the Pittsburgh Children's Museum.

Board a mine car and descend the #190 slope 300 feet underground into the Clark Vein of coal.

This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.