This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

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

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

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

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 small poultry graveyard in the courtyard of a popular Key West watering hole.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

Niagara Falls holds a special place in Nikola Tesla's history, so they put a statue on it.

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

The first partially complete dinosaur skeleton was discovered here, forever changing the world's view of the ruling reptiles.

A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.

17th century streets hidden under Edinburgh were once a breeding ground for the black death.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

Scotland's only funicular railway is also the United Kingdom's highest.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.