Over a century old, this restored Victorian building is surrounded by a lush garden filled with rare palms.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

Art from the latest counter-culture; kids who dye their hair blue and believe the future will be a post-apocalyptic water world.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.

The first fresco Diego Rivera painted in the United States can be found in the former San Francisco Stock Exchange.

Thirteen trees representing the original thirteen colonies were planted with soil from historic Revolutionary battlefields.

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

Wild West history in Hollywood style.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

A coal fire has been burning underground here since 1896.

While comics are the main attraction at this megastore, the second floor plays host to an exhibit fit for a museum.

At one time this small mining village was the highest town in America but now it sits abandoned while the mine churns on.

This iconic science fiction house still looks like something from the future.

This museum offers an actual time machine back through Colorado's past.

While most of the games in this arcade take quarters, that would have been a small fortune when they were made.

An annual festival celebrating Colorado's most famous frozen corpse.

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

The superstar of Cold War nuclear bunkers has been featured in countless films but is now barely operational.

This "zoo" is a cross between a junkyard and a sculpture garden, featuring animals you won't see anywhere else.