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

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

Eco-village hidden in the foothills of the Alps that created a massive system of psychedelic underground temples.

The location of the last witch trials of Italy, known as "The Salem of Europe."

In Rome’s Jewish ghetto, a 200-year-old bakery still makes the neighborhood’s historic sweets.

Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.

This roadside stand claims to be the world's smallest bookstore.

At this 1940s-era neighborhood favorite, you can still drink a cherry phosphate.

The only museum of sake in the United States is nestled in an unlikely California college town.

A watering hole where the options for seating include a bar, patio, or subterranean cave.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

The oldest surviving wood-frame building in North America is still in the family.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

Stumps of an Ice Age forest, visible only at low tide.

According to the experts at the Guinness World's Record office, this is the longest candy counter in the world.

Kay Andrews's recipe was so good, her family immortalized it in stone.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

Decades after testing the polio vaccine on unwitting patients, this historic mental hospital sits in ruin.

A giant fiberglass Muffler Man found new life as a rodeo guardian.

The home of an antique carousel still in operation.

Located close to a movie studio lot, this restaurant has a long history of star-studded patronage.

A lighthouse on a diminutive island was one of the first of its kind to guide seamen home.

The sounds of the world's largest fully functioning pipe organ dazzle shoppers at a Philadelphia Macy's.