After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

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

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

A collection of fading fantasy tchotchkes lines this dirt road in the Colorado wilderness.

This massive railroad spike celebrates the 1939 premiere of the movie “Union Pacific.”

The ravine where Jesse James supposedly performed an impossible jump to evade capture.

The highest point in Iowa, while not that impressive to mountain states, has earned its own monuments.

The greatest collection of New Orleans masking and processional traditions covering everything from Baby Dolls to Skull and Bone gangs.

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.