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

This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.

A 17-foot-tall cutout of the Texas-born actor stands alongside the highway.

A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.

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

In the Compton Hill Reservoir Park sits a statue whose lack of clothing caused a scandal for the group that commissioned it.

When this clock strikes a certain time, puppets showcase a story of life in Edo Japan.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

One of the largest trees of its kind in California.

The tiniest tiki room in San Diego.

This whimsical park encourages its visitors and wildlife to roam on and around the various works of art.

The bespectacled, cocktail-sipping pachyderm is a strange but fitting liquor store mascot.

This former office building has been transformed into an immersive music venue and art space.

A modern-day wunderkammer dedicated to Indianapolis history, Afrofuturism, and musical vibrations.

This multisensory alley has the ability to remind bustling citygoers to stop and smell the roses.

The longest navigable underground river in the United States is home to countless blind and albino animals.

A turn-of-the-century architectural marvel built on healing mineral springs and salt licks.

The only freestanding table rock formation east of the Mississippi.

One man's vision and a labor of love of many.

The home used in just a few seconds of film that came to define the setting of a hit sitcom.

A limb from Indiana's largest sycamore tree on record.

The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.

Known as the "Cross At The Crossroads," this massive metal cross is just short enough to avoid the FAA.

Buy a token from the liquor store and you can make this beast spew flames on command.