A Mars simulation in the southern Utah desert.

World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

Where the leftovers of love affairs can live on forever.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

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.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

A renegade art installation in a small Vancouver park is now officially sanctioned by the City Parks Department.

The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

This historic building housed the surviving crew members of the Titanic, who were left destitute after the wreck.

The oldest surviving synagogue in New York City is now a soaring art space.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.