Thriving meadows span a rooftop in one of Brooklyn's most heavily industrialized neighborhoods.

This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.

Come for the sustainable organic chocolate, stay for the sustainable organic booze.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

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

Nondescript elevator doors open to reveal a stunning, surreal world.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

The mall's looks were inspired by the cowboy extras who used to meet up—and cause real trouble—at this Hollywood hub.

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

Because there's no place like home.

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

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.

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

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

The cedar tree in Highgate Cemetery earned its title by accident.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

Nature and beauty amidst pollution and industrial wreckage.

2 square block factory in Greenpoint erected in 1936.

This empty Victorian manse on Staten Island is said to be haunted but is actually a real life crime scene.