A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

A Cold War site complete with rusty structures, hiking trails, and beautiful views.

The mysterious canine hides atop a drain pipe on the back of the building, some say as a sneaky shoutout to Yale.

The final resting place of many of New Jersey's most famous residents, including U.S. history's most in-vogue antagonist, Aaron Burr.

On Waikīkī Beach, a monument to four extraordinary individuals of dual male and female spirits who brought the healing arts from Tahiti to Hawai'i.

A glass display case holds the document that ended the Second World War—which one person signed on the wrong line.

Climbing this abandoned railway leads to breathtaking vistas of O‘ahu.

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

The largest collection of two headed animals in the world.

The last of its kind in the country.

This Chase branch is an homage to Old Hollywood.

The neighborhood of Eagle Rock is named after a gigantic boulder with a shadowy surprise.

A few iconic structures are all that remain of America’s first outdoor shopping mall.

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.

Wild West history in Hollywood style.

The exterior of this home was used for the hit television show, The Brady Bunch.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

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