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

A beautiful memorial tells the story of a formerly enslaved woman whose kindness shaped a burgeoning city.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

Pluto is still considered a planet in Ithaca, New York.

“Wagon Jobber" turned smokehouse magnate's family-owned business is still going strong 100 years later.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

Prove you deserve to be fed by Kenny Shopsin.

Once a popular watering hole among longshoremen and shipyard workers, this neighborhood treasure spans more than 100 years of Red Hook history.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

A hidden "place of interment for gentlemen."

The end of the 4 Line is also the end of the line for 300,000 souls in one of NYC's most illustrious cemeteries.

19th century cemetery hidden in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.

This communist country can still appreciate its fragrant past.

His music once banned in Communist Cuba, John Lennon is now immortalized in bronze by Castro, who considers Lennon a "fellow dreamer."

In terms of history and architecture, this is one of the most remarkable cemeteries in the world.

A Cuban artist reclaimed his impoverished neighborhood as a dreamy folk art kingdom.

After the Cuban Revolution, the famous rum company had to leave their swanky headquarters behind.

A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

The most confusing clock in New York.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York's only fraction of a street.