A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

A stellar example of Art & Crafts architecture, and a movie set to boot.

Suburban observatory was personal lab of the father of modern astrophysics.

This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.

A British pub embodies the spirit of a California legend.

From silent movie theater to rock &roll palace and beyond.

A landmark for a trailblazer for female architects and the designer of one of the most famous and opulent buildings in California.

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

Two groundbreaking brothers from Pasadena.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

This delicate museum is devoted to the art and industry that once supported Cape Cod's oldest town.

The Cape Cod house that whaling built.

It took 275 years and four burials to finally put the Mayflower’s most famous passenger to rest.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

Largest graveyard in all of Japan surrounds a famous mausoleum.

A Japanese corporation has turned this small island town into living modern art gallery.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

Japanese national treasure originally built in 593 CE.