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

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

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

The creator of the carousel's bingo-pinball hybrid survives in California's oldest gaming establishment.

The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.

Part modern art project, part traditional chapel, this see-through church is only substantial from the right angle.

This Greek temple, open only an hour a day, was the site of a war of tastes between an architect and an artist.

There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

The house that took a plunge into the facade of a museum.

A tropical paradise just a short trip from the opera house is filled with beautiful winged creatures.

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

The first museum in the world devoted to sexual gadgetry.

This lesser known Hearst estate is a fairytale village built from the stolen bones of historic European buildings.

The long, arduous journey of the stones of the Abbey of New Clairvaux.

There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

World's largest porcine hairball sits in a collection maintained by Benedictine monks.

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

"X" marks the spot of an echo chamber in the middle of a plaza.

This haunting tombstone comes complete with a heartbreaking story of love and loss.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.