The "Seinfeld" diner.

This slumbering beast honors the Bavarian soldiers who died in Greece during a 19th-century typhoid outbreak.

A 250-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.

Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.

Christ's blood allegedly preserved in a Belgian town.

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

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

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

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.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

This ancient hydrological marvel is now the base of a modern outdoor cinema.

A crushed gate and giant bronze head serve as a reminder of Greece's fight for freedom.

The site where hundreds of Greeks were tortured by the Nazi secret police is now a cosmetics store.

A Byzantine church containing the holy remnants of three saints sits atop the site of an ancient temple.