San Diego, California
El Campo Santo Cemetery
This historic graveyard was partially paved over to create a streetcar line.
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San Diego, California
This historic graveyard was partially paved over to create a streetcar line.
Los Angeles, California
This Hollywood dive houses a mural painted by the artists who animated its namesake film.
Los Angeles, California
Pizza joint known for labor-inducing salad dressing.
Los Angeles, California
A 1950s Googie burger stand is now a Los Angeles landmark.
Los Angeles, California
This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.
Los Angeles, California
Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.
San Diego, California
This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.
San Diego, California
A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.
San Diego, California
A statue based on a tragic Japanese nursery rhyme, commemorating San Diego's sisterhood with Yokohama.
San Diego, California
The Gaslamp District's oldest bar sports a urinal marked with a golden plaque that was allegedly used by Mick Jagger.
San Diego, California
Admire a Lilliputian replica of the fast food outlet.
San Diego, California
L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.
San Diego, California
A magnificent, reportedly haunted mansion built for a composer by Spiritualists.
Los Angeles, California
Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.
Scarborough, England
The sole surviving medieval street cross in Scarborough.
Lancaster, England
The largest cave chamber in Britain—big enough to fit a whole cathedral inside.
Paxton, Nebraska
What do a giraffe, an elephant, and reasonably priced steaks have in common? This roadside restaurant filled with exotic taxidermy.
Omaha, Nebraska
A miniature baseball stadium honoring Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium, home of the College World Series from 1950-2010.
Paris, France
A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the 20th century.
Paris, France
This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.
Rome, Italy
This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.
Berlin, Germany
A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.
Laboe, Germany
This monument to those fallen in the World Wars is accompanied by a U-boat that Germany bought for a Deutsche Mark.