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.

This nondescript tunnel has been featured in a number of iconic movies, from “Roger Rabbit” to “Back to the Future.”

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

A museum dedicated to the history & joys of the trail & your best chance to see hikers throwing up ice cream.

Whimsical artist house in the New Jersey woods.

One of the U.S. Forest Service's only mansions is outfitted with a dinner table for floating food.

Despite the name, this 16th-century structure in Galway wasn't built by the Spanish.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

An almost life-sized elephant named Ms. Ellie greets visitors at this jumbo-themed museum.

This tiny man looms large over downtown Charleston.

All that remains of one of the Civil War's more deadly POW camps is a simple flagstone.

This formerly abandoned amusement park includes a classic carousel and a replica of Mark Twain's famous hut-like Elmira study.

A historical home in upstate New York honors the work of John W. Jones, a formerly enslaved man who was a major agent for the Underground Railroad.

The little-known final resting place of one of America's greatest writers.

The wooden octagon in which Huckleberry Finn and A Connecticut Yankee were born can still be visited in upstate New York.

The Binghamton area is home to six of the last remaining hand-carved vintage carousels.

This local landmark is home to art galleries and the area's only community darkroom.

A memorial to the 1913 tragedy that helped protect the workers of the future.

A gazebo that inspired the fifth episode of the "Twilight Zone" still stands in the creator's hometown

An allegedly haunted testament to a local businessman's desire for status, posterity, and charity.