Explore the wide world of desert plants at this unique Palm Springs botanical garden.

Traversing these canyons, visitors can take in stunning views and glimpses of the region's history.

A giant desert bird that once swung music fans at Coachella now has a home in a nearby traffic circle.

A giant knight, sex education, date shakes, and Jesus coexist happily in this Coachella Valley desert oasis.

The 10-foot-wide Long Beach home was built on a dare.

Hopeless romantics will swoon over the sweet story behind this bright and colorful home.

Dine like an American revolutionary at Colonial Williamsburg.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

This tiny cafe is one of the last meeting places of its kind, allowing revolutionaries a place to plot.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

This ancient Roman bridge and aqueduct still stands as a wonder of classical construction.

Nothing says indulgence like a 1,500-pound chocolate castle.

Marvel at this turn-of-the-century masterpiece that has been turned into a rather stately supermarket.

Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.

A dazzling display of lights and crystals.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

Wild West history in Hollywood style.

Because there's no place like home.

This grand memorial remembers the 20 members of the Los Angeles Times killed when the office was bombed.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

The "Seinfeld" diner.