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

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

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

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

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors.

The bank that helped fund the Mexican-American War and the purchase of Alaska met its downfall after helping Augusto Pinochet launder money.

This restaurant has been a haven for D.C.'s LGBTQ community since the 1950s.

A 1,100-ton train fell through the floor in 1953. Workers got it patched up in just 72 hours.

A historic arena where the Beatles played their first concert in the U.S.

This unacceptably tall building was the real reason for Washington, D.C.'s skyscraper ban.

The unique traffic pattern named for an influential urban planner is also known as the Pedestrian Scramble.

Once the supplier for noteworthy projects like the National Cathedral, this old brickworks now lies abandoned.

A small triangle of DC grass is the final resting place of one of Sonny and Cher's songs.

Was there a small "backpack nuke" hidden in the attic? JFK apparently thought so.

The early data processor factory founded in Washington for the 1890 U.S. Census went on to become IBM.

Architecture lovers won’t stop touching the National Gallery's 19.5 degree marble prow.

Art deco landmark on the outskirts of Washington, D.C.

The oldest building in the District of Columbia was preserved because of a mistaken connection to George Washington.

A rotating cast of guys and dolls in front of a Washington, D.C. building.

You could be standing at the site of one of D.C.'s most fatal tragedies and not even know it.

It was once the base for a series of domestic terror attacks.

The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.

A hidden gem on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.