During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

The largest wax museum in the southern hemisphere features a grizzly chamber of horrors.

A microcosm of the whaling industry in a small Australian town.

This massive water spout has been luring visitors for hundreds of years, some to their death.

This massive mall has hundreds of shops, an amusement park, and a history of deadly amusement attractions.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

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

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

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

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

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

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

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

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.

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."