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

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.

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.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

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

An idle pastime becomes a record holder in Boys Town, Nebraska.

The "Gateway to the Arctic" connects Barrow's indigenous population with the sea and its traditional industry: whaling.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

The largest dune field in the Mojave offers a chance of hearing the 'singing sands.'

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

According to the legend, this strikingly beautiful hill has miraculous healing powers.

The Bong-area park police have asked visitors to please, stop stealing the signs.

A forgotten Cold War relic hidden in the outskirts of a Wisconsin city.

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's final works was this UFO church.

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.