This lovely university observatory continues to sit abandoned since its potential savior was sent to jail for fraud.

Built to house a chapter of the Knights Templar, this grandiose building is a relic of Freemasonry in Chicago a century ago.

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

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

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

These abandoned grain silos and tunnels are an urban exploration dream.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

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

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

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.

This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.

A macabre tour of Hollywood’s deadly history.

This "synagogue" is not what it seems to be.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

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

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

This grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

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

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.