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

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

Oldest surviving example of a Dutch saltbox frame house in America.

Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.

A remnant from the golden age of aviation still in use today, Pan Am's Clipper service took off from this Art Deco gem.

The famed amusement district marks the beginning of summer with a wild procession of nautical creatures.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

A self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.

A hidden architectural treasure in New York's Brooklyn.

The preserved house of a jazz legend still echoes with his music.

Take in a rare, face-to-face glimpse of Lady Liberty at this tucked away Red Hook park.

This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

The artist and New York City icon lived, worked and died in this converted carriage house owned by another iconic artist, Andy Warhol.

The iconic Manhattan corner that was once the site of the Beastie Boys' fake clothing store.

A beautiful collection of architectural ornaments rescued from demolished New York City buildings.

A no-frills cinephile haven known for showing offbeat, underseen films.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

An arcade packed with a rotating collection of unique independent video games.

This iconic tattoo shop has its own onsite museum with artifacts from the early history of modern body art.

This wall on a street corner in Lower Manhattan has been a blank canvas for a rotation of renowned artists since the 1980s.