The museum moved on, but the diorama remain.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

The beautiful 1920 Pantages Theatre remains hidden just underneath the LA Downtown Jewelry Exchange.

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

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.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

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

The short oil boom of Venice Beach, and its swift removal from the tourism-laden landscape.

The famous author's birthplace is preserved in a town that he once described as narrow-minded.

Not to be confused with the iconic New York City skyscraper, this Chicago building is a vibrant hub for artists.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans' graves.

A strange and haunting monument of unknown origin in the historic Graceland Cemetery.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

A goddess-topped water fountain in Chicago was created thanks to the dreams of a thirsty newsboy.

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

These chunky stone towers out in Lake Michigan are the key to Chicago’s drinking water.

Over 60 chemical plants and oil refineries sit in a 15-mile-wide section outside town.