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

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

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

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.

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

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

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

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

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

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

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

This formerly abandoned amusement park includes a classic carousel and a replica of Mark Twain's famous hut-like Elmira study.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

Explore 400,000 years of humans' "battle against darkness" in this offbeat but thorough lamp museum.

A Dutch clog company in the town of Zaandam loves the wooden shoes so much it made a museum for them.

Eighteenth-century home, where Herschel discovered the planet Uranus.

17th century streets hidden under Edinburgh were once a breeding ground for the black death.

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

A giant white horse drawn on an English hillside may not have been intended to be a horse at all.

This unusual building straddles two countries.

A sprawling Victorian farm that has been surrounded by a capital city is one of Canada's greatest treasures.

A massive Montreal stadium that has seen nothing but trouble since its inception.