This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

A unique collection of old miners' cave homes carved in to the hillside cliffs near Death Valley.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

An Italian restaurant became a rock-and-roll hangout and the lair of the "Hollywood vampires."

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.

The hotel room where Janis Joplin tragically died has now become a makeshift shrine to the singer.

A quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.

A little barn in the middle of the city preserving Hollywood treasures since 1985.

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

Legendary prop shop filled with one man's collection of scientific curiosities.

Despite their macabre past, these hooks are said to bring good luck to those who touch them.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

Hanging within this medieval church are the bones of a beast allegedly slain by a fourth-century saint.

Venice's island of the dead.

The pile of books behind the dignified writer gave the statue a most undignified nickname.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.