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

Some of the most unusual (and in some cases, disgusting) flavors of soda imaginable.

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

This huge pile of volcanic boulders hides a stunning network of secret grottoes.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.

Rusting, graffiti-covered tanks litter the beach of this island, once used by the U.S. military for target practice.

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.

Storms, funding, and in-fighting have kept this Bermuda church from ever being completed.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

Beautiful steampunk ghosts of early Massachusetts.

Once the most painted on object in the world, this short campus fence is well on its way to being so again.

Starting with nothing more than discarded conch shells, one man has built an island/bar that would make Jimmy Buffet jealous.

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.

An alley way dedicated to graffiti and street art is a constantly changing street gallery.

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

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

Commercial airplanes land mere feet over the heads of sunbathing beachgoers on this tiny island.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.