This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.

Where a great scandal unfolded with a famous female revivalist at its center.

A beloved carnival gets a modern makeover in Los Angeles.

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

This 'Murder House' grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

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

A monthly street "service" of handmade puppets and live original puppets, whose devotees profess has the power to change lives.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

Meant to be a lavish presidential home, the palace became a symbol of the fall of South Vietnam.

Witnesses claim the Virgin Mary statue outside the church once mysteriously shed a single tear.

Ha Long Bay's "Cave of Surprises" houses a popular phallic rock formation.

The spot where the two men ate together now stands enclosed in glass.

This bridge is embedded with a giant steel dragon that breathes fire from its mouth.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

A long-vacant Scottish Rite temple in Hollywood has been converted into an art museum filled with Masonic relics.

Whiskey lovers, this is your happy place.