This ancient Hawaiian henge may have been an early star chart.

An authentic replica of an Asian temple and garden hidden amongst the natural beauty of Hawai'i.

The grand marquee of this abandoned Hawaiian theater remembers the building's elegant past.

During the solar phenomenon "Lahaina Noon" this bendy, curvy sculpture forms a perfectly circular shadow on the ground.

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.

This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.

Doris Duke's lasting collection of Islamic Art, hidden in a Hawaiian paradise.

These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.

Hide from the tourist hordes in these relatively unknown, and unguarded lava caves.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

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

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

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

The last of its kind in the country.

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

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

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.