A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

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

A British pub embodies the spirit of a California legend.

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

The American Home, Re-imagined.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

This midcentury LA bar was the birthplace of tiki culture.

Originally built for London’s cab drivers, this bright green hut now serves anyone a hot drink or meal.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

The massive, incredibly rare instrument is over 11 feet tall with a range so deep it goes lower than humans can hear.

Hand-crafted tributes to a stray cat named "Room 8" now cover this LA elementary school.

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

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