A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

The world's first disc golf course has the Jet Propulsion Laboratory as a neighbor.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

A piece of Seattle’s historic Chinatown preserved inside a modern museum.

World War II bunker still standing on the New Jersey beach.

A reservoir of vintage pinball machines and arcade games for the nostalgic and thrill seeking.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

This small New York museum examines Chinese history from its origins right up to its arrival in the city.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

These unusual rooms on wheels are holdovers from the 1960s.

This unusual lava tube spouts seawater during high surf.

An authentic replica of an Asian temple and garden hidden amongst the natural beauty of Hawai'i.

These ancient sacred grounds granted amnesty to those who managed to reach them.

Raised illegally, Reggie now lives at the Los Angeles Zoo after authorities spent years tracking him down.

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

This historic Chinese church was relocated and revived as a museum that preserves and celebrates Chinese art, history, and culture.

The only standing town in the United States that early Chinese Americans built for themselves.

The White House Situation Room was taken apart in 2006 and shipped to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

This conservation area is also home to many of the region's desert tortoises.