Legendary prop shop filled with one man's collection of scientific curiosities.

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

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.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

A bright California graveyard with a decidedly dark side.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

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

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

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

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

Once home to seven different roller coasters, Glen Echo has undergone many transformations since its founding in 1891.

An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

Art deco landmark on the outskirts of Washington, D.C.

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

Bizarre Cavern.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.