This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

An iconic location along the Los Angeles River where countless movie scenes are filmed.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

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

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

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

This gem from the industrial age helps visitors and residents alike traverse hilly Stockholm.

Need to book a room at the Hotel Pennsylvania? Just dial up 6-5000.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.

Dance on a hand-hewn log floor padded with bouncy boxcar springs at a saloon built in 1883.

This sculpture forces visitors to confront their relationship with space.

Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.

This offbeat trailer park is home to vintage peddlers, local artists, indie makers, and more.

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

A commemorative mural in this tiny Ballard park honors the neighborhood's rich Scandinavian ties, particularly with Seattle's Norwegian sister city Bergen.

Banksy gives themself artistic license with this piece of London street art.