One of the largest helium balloons in the U.S. is a 112-foot ginormous orange.

North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.

The largest garbage dump in all of Central America is home to a tragic community that make their living from the refuse.

A cobblestone alley with an interesting past.

An airy would-be solution to a housing shortage.

A few iconic structures are all that remain of America’s first outdoor shopping mall.

This bird-loving brewery is situated in an old municipal bathhouse, nestled beside a 300-year-old windmill.

A classically trained chef makes beloved burritos inside a gas station.

The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.

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

A free library to stumble across, one of many placed worldwide if you know where to look.

L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

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

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.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

After a nearly successful attempt on Hitler's life, the conspirators met their fate in the courtyard of this Berlin building.