Decrepit Victorian public lift is a white-knuckle ride.

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

Because there's no place like home.

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

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.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

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

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

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

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

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

A black cat protests the City Guild in Riga's Old Town.

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

The Frank Zappa fan club erected this monument to their prog-rock hero to mark a new era of post-Soviet Lithuania.

This micro-nation may be some sort of prank, but its constitution sure seems official.

This fantastical and eclectic English garden takes its inspiration from Egypt, China, the occult and more.

A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.