This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.

The illuminating collection of L.A. street lights is run by the city and only opens one day per month.

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

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

Hidden deep in the Guatemalan jungle is a turquoise paradise of natural pools, caves, and waterfalls.

A massive underwater sinkhole made famous by Jacques Cousteau.

At least seven hues of blue and turquoise make this freshwater lagoon unique.

Beach instrument turned bed and breakfast.

Underwater art project will double as a massive artificial coral reef to help regenerate the damaged ecosystem.

An ancient system of freshwater caves filled with animal bones, including that of species long-extinct.

These azure waters were thought to lead to the Mayan Underworld.

A market for witches is hidden within a train station.

This unimaginably large pile of sand near Nazca is one of the tallest dunes in the world.

A set of ancient drawings in the desert of Peru that are so massive, many of them can only be fully seen from the sky.

Thousands of majestic trumpeter swans fill this park, sounding distinctly like a certain brass instrument.

This taxidermic smorgasbord was co-created by an artist poached from the Museum of Natural History.

The home where a lovestruck Fitzgerald wrote his first published novel, "This Side of Paradise."

An unusual assortment of art, furniture, and other curiosities.