How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

Legends surround an ancient tree trunk riddled with nails for good luck.

Amsterdam's Red Light District leaves little to the imagination.

Hidden in one of the skyscrapers on Bunker Hill, this museum features an 1895 stagecoach and peers into California’s gold-lined history.

Once a purveyor of Santeria supplies, religious products , and household sundries, now closed.

Iconic Los Angeles residence famous for its 19 statues of Michelangelo's David.

A macabre tour of Hollywood’s deadly history.

The art and history of the velvet painting are on full display in this Los Angeles museum.

Dozens of lights dangle from the branches of what may be the brightest tree in Los Angeles.

The last of its kind in the country.

Gift shop offering toe tags and chalk body beach towels tucked into a coroner's office.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

Although he donated over 3,000 acres to Los Angles, Griffith's life was marred by controversy.

Once the central jail for Los Angeles, this building housed inmates like Al Capone, those arrested from the Zoot Suit and Watts Riots, and individuals imprisoned for their sexuality.

The neighborhood of Eagle Rock is named after a gigantic boulder with a shadowy surprise.

The exterior of this home was used for the hit television show, The Brady Bunch.

The mall's looks were inspired by the cowboy extras who used to meet up—and cause real trouble—at this Hollywood hub.

An homage to the man who built California's version of Venice.

One of Los Angeles's first murals once vibrantly depicted the dangers of United States imperialism.

A few iconic structures are all that remain of America’s first outdoor shopping mall.

A cult following celebrates the legend that belies this curious podiatrists' office sign which has worked its way into song, literature, animation, and the visual arts.