Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

This Hollywood dive houses a mural painted by the artists who animated its namesake film.

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.

One of the world's largest collections of rare and magnificent bird specimens.

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

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.

This collector's home is a constant work in progress.

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.

Small museum packed with artifacts recovered by the man rumored to be the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones.

This museum boasts the ninth-largest collection of insects in North America.

Murder, searching for gold, and being cut in half—the memorial statue of Daniel O. McCarthy and the Pioneers of '49

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

This little-known relic crypt holds stolen parts of a Roman Empress.

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

An impressive collection of dollhouses and an homage to the frog-leg canning industry.

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.

This stone is a marker of one millionaire's personal vendetta against gravity.

Occult books, tarot, oddities.

A priceless collection of the Nation's cryptologic history.

A castle hand-built by a Spanish dreamer in the Australian tropical jungle.

An impressive collection is dedicated to the legendary beast.

New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.