The beautiful 1920 Pantages Theatre remains hidden just underneath the LA Downtown Jewelry Exchange.

A historic fort commemorating the United States' naval history.

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.

Gift shop offering toe tags and chalk body beach towels tucked into a coroner's office.

The largest man-made crater in the U.S. marks the spot where we once tested mining with nukes.

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

At 135 years old and counting, this historic print shop is heaven for poster nerds and music buffs.

Where the rich wintered in Pasadena.

A repository of Pasadena history.

Hidden in plain sight on a pair of Manhattan subway tunnels are a pair of public instruments that sing to each other.

Large but largely ignored, these 42 life-size Liberty Bell replicas were a peculiar, unexplained feature on the facade of a Macy's department store.

A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

Space program, pneumatics and more, bits and pieces, for movie sets or the common man.

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

Originally the home of chewing gum mogul William Wrigely Jr, it is now the official offices of the Tournament of Roses.

Colorado Boulevard’s historic bookstore, operating since the bustling city of Pasadena was merely some orange groves and a few ostrich farms.

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

Abandoned anti-ballistic missile base.

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.