This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

The quirky salon doubles as a retro museum run by the world's leading "hairstorian."

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

This historic early-20th-century building still boasts some of its original features.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

One of the richest places in the United States has a cursed street.

Giant origami crease patterns engraved in Santa Monica intersections may even be visible from space.

"The only replacement for a DC-3 is another DC-3."

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

Once considered a marvel of engineering, there are now doubts about the structural integrity of this 5.4-mile cable-stayed bridge.

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

The first North American landing spot for James Cook on his third voyage of discovery in the Pacific.

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.