An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

These mansions date back to Chicago's days as a brewer's paradise.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

A sliver of nostalgia in Seattle's Viretta Park.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

This Fifth Avenue church has long been the favored worshiping place of Broadway actors and vaudeville performers.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

A 9 year-old boy’s elaborate cardboard arcade in his father’s used auto parts store.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

A cult following celebrates the legend that belies this curious podiatrists' office sign which has worked its way into song, literature, animation, and the visual arts.

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

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

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

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.