The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.

These structures were inspired by both Native American shelters as well as, strangely, an ice cream shop.

This nondescript tunnel has been featured in a number of iconic movies, from “Roger Rabbit” to “Back to the Future.”

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

An ode to the friendship between four Pacific Rim countries.

Founded by a high school teacher, this poetry magazine became a center for all things literary.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

Not truly a ship nor a building, the Navy's first and last "landship" is now abandoned due to clerical issues.

Sojourn to the past at this residence teeming with 1950s memorabilia.

Perched high atop telephone poles is an uncanny outdoor art gallery that greets passersby on their commute.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

A plaque marking the famous abolitionist's birthplace often overlooked by visitors to the nearby Charles Sumner House.

A beacon atop a downtown building provides Bostonians with weather forecasts and baseball news.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

The former locus of Boston's high culture has been shuttered and buried for over 70 years.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

The history of the tea trade is told in bas-relief on this historic pair of Boston doors.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

Painstakingly built dioramas sit unnoticed in a Boston office building.

America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

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