This rare vessel mixed luxury with labor before being converted to a museum and sometimes haunted maze.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

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

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

Sleepy Minneapolis block beats Guinness Record for most churches on one city block.

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

A commonwealth favorite in the heart of Pasadena.

Explore an early California pioneer's rancho hidden in LA's manufacturing hinterland.

The oldest continually used church in Minneapolis also sells great meat pies.

The oldest remaining frame residence in Minneapolis.

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

A Building for Your (Former) Funerary Needs.

A butcher shop in Minneapolis has all the meats and cheeses you’d expect from any of its kind—except that all the products are vegan.

The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.

A stellar example of Art & Crafts architecture, and a movie set to boot.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

A monument to the egos of two railroad magnates that fell into decline along with their careers.

One of the smallest towns in the United States.