Sit at the "Disney table,” where Walt and his team of "imagineers" once dined on the regular.

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

The famous author's birthplace is preserved in a town that he once described as narrow-minded.

The first home and studio that belonged to the famous architect.

Louis Sullivan’s dark, swirling cast-iron designs envelop a popular department store in this Chicago landmark.

A journey begins with a single step, and for many, the road-trip of a lifetime started at this Chicago intersection.

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

This atmospheric ruins are truly a sight to behold.

Grab a latte at the birthplace of modern American skateboarding.

In one Santa Monica parking lot a mushroom cloud made of chains heralds a message of peace.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

A treasure hunter's tiny bar, harboring celebrities since 1959.

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.

This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

At this deceptively beautiful beach, nothing is what it seems.

These floating gardens show what Mexico City used to look during the Aztec Empire.

This colossal ancient jaguar sculpture was used as a vessel for the hearts torn from sacrificial victims.

A jaw-dropping "megalibrary" that turns book-browsing into a geometric adventure.

The hot chocolate here all stems from small, sustainable microproducers in Chiapas and Tabasco.

This one-window stand has been home to a giant vat of slowly simmering meats and an array of unique tacos for almost 50 years.

The former headquarters of Mexico's Secretariat of Public Education now houses a muralism museum, including Diego Rivera's first large-scale mural project.

Where layer cakes tower above one’s head and there is never a shortage of icing.