A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

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

NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

Gouged in the mountain to make stage coach access easier through the Fremont Pass.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

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

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

This ruined fort hidden at the top of Central Park can't seem to keep from losing its historical plaques.

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.