At a museum of everyday objects, it is the act of collecting that is really on display.

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.

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

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

The neighborhood of Eagle Rock is named after a gigantic boulder with a shadowy surprise.

The art and history of the velvet painting are on full display in this Los Angeles museum.

A cult following celebrates the legend that belies this curious podiatrists' office sign which has worked its way into song, literature, animation, and the visual arts.

A beloved carnival gets a modern makeover in Los Angeles.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

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

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

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

The last remnants of a massive medieval wall that once encompassed the city of Berlin.

Reminders of the Battle of Berlin still scar the railway.

An ultra-modern diversity park in Denmark has turned an entire city block electric pink.

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

The only quarter of the Old City not dedicated to a major world religion.