This “living museum” at UCLA exhibits thousands of plant species from all over the world.

This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

One of the oldest, tallest, and most haunted lighthouses in America.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

This shrine commemorates the site of the first known Catholic mass in the United States.

Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

A focal point of in Denver’s skyline for over a century, inspired by a Venetian basilica.

A Rocky Mountain city provides a happy ending for a pinto pony and his Brobdingnagian red chair.

The spot in the Mile-High City that's exactly 5,280 feet above sea level (at least for now).

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

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.

The monument's pointy aluminum tip has been melted down by repeated lightning strikes.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

A shining, cold, black organ lies in San Francisco's financial district.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.

A tiny slice shop hides down an unmarked hallway in a Las Vegas casino.

If you don't look closely, you might mistake this sculpture for just another passenger waiting at the airport.

A permanent outdoor art installation made up of more than 100 mushroom-shaped lights.