A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

A repository of Pasadena history.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

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

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

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

A black and white mural stands out from its psychedelic surroundings.

American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.

This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.

This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

The thousands of shades on display — some toxic, others impossibly rare — are a library of more than just color.

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

Mexican food and folk art.