This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

This sculpture used famed boxer Joe Louis as the inspiration behind its body.

The bust of Romania’s most notorious ruler, Vlad Dracula aka "Vlad the Impaler," keeps watch over the ruins of his medieval court.

Someone really, really wanted to save this fast-food icon from demolition.

This enormous World War II relic is one of the largest wooden structures in the world.

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

A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

This once-controversial and slightly confusing statue of Achilles was built out of captured cannons.

An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.

A plaque hangs near the execution place of the Scottish Independence leader famously depicted in "Braveheart."

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

This unique art installation used boiler tubes from a decommissioned power plant to resemble Antelope Canyon.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

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

After an Illinois church was struck by lightning and burned down, Frank Lloyd Wright designed this replacement.

Six tiny houses built for working class people form the largest intentional cluster of Wright homes anywhere.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

The hundreds of movies and television shows shot in this high desert town are commemorated in a unique museum.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

The second-largest giant sequoia in the world.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

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