America's Most Wanted's set resides in this tribute to the history of crime and punishment.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

Yo, Adrian!

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

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

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

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

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

This historic building housed the surviving crew members of the Titanic, who were left destitute after the wreck.

Hear the tales of New York's most notorious criminals.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

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

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

No one messes with the Massachusetts sacred cod, not this time...