This quirky museum has a collection of more than 15,000 bobblehead dolls.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

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

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.

Literally a million fascinating cartographic artifacts are held in this sprawling university collection.

The oldest certified bowling alley in the United States is in the basement of this century-old bar.

A unique botanical garden housed in three giant geodesic domes.

An off-the-beaten-path place to literally hang beneath Milwaukee's Holton Street Bridge.

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.

This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

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

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.