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

This Hollywood dive houses a mural painted by the artists who animated its namesake film.

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

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

This nondescript tunnel has been featured in a number of iconic movies, from “Roger Rabbit” to “Back to the Future.”

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

This bank is widely believed to be the inspiration for the offices of Philip Marlowe, the hardboiled detective featured in a number of Raymond Chandler's stories.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

All that remains of a magnate's dream home is a historic gate and an abandoned public pool.

This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.

The ancient past meets the retro-future at these dinosaur tracks that are protected by a geodesic dome.

Journey inside the bowels of this sperm whale sculpture.

Long the exclusive domain of birds and vagabonds, this little-known Central Park peninsula is open to the public once more.

Though the case is scorched and the buttons half-melted, this hardy handheld gaming device can still run a game of Tetris.

This outpost of America's most popular fast-food restaurant is housed inside a palatial mansion.

The graveyard holding the remains of George Washington's slaves was forgotten for nearly 200 years.

A celebrity from the late Cretaceous period.

The oldest building in the District of Columbia was preserved because of a mistaken connection to George Washington.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.

Once a sewer culvert, this road tunnel now offers cyclists and pedestrians a subterranean stroll under the C&O Canal.

Railroad officials in the early 1900s sought to spare travelers the sight of Roman soldiers’ private parts.

The first memorial dedicated solely to the Black troops who fought for the Union.