Colorado Boulevard’s historic bookstore, operating since the bustling city of Pasadena was merely some orange groves and a few ostrich farms.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

A landmark for a trailblazer for female architects and the designer of one of the most famous and opulent buildings in California.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

An ultra-modern vista that has been featured in so many films the house is a celebrity in its own right.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

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

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House On Haunted Hil" to a robot hunter's pad.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

The tomb was guarded by soldiers from both sides of the war, and some left their initials carved in the brick.

The Forest Service's surprisingly sophisticated collection of wildfire prevention art features America's most beloved bear.

This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.

Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

Bar full of oddities, specimens, artifacts and homages to the great dime museums of the past.

The controversial urban planner who designed Washington, D.C., was buried in Maryland, and can presently be found in Virginia.

Home to a vast and influential collection of Shakespeareana.