Staunton, Virginia
American Shakespeare Center's Blackfriars Playhouse
The only recreation of William Shakespeare's indoor playhouse.
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Staunton, Virginia
The only recreation of William Shakespeare's indoor playhouse.
Staunton, Virginia
A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.
Roanoke, Virginia
Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.
Roanoke, Virginia
An overgrown collection of miniature buildings still stand as evidence of one couple's obsession with The King.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.
Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
A giant "X" symbolizes the blood spilled from the brutal Juárez drug wars.
El Paso, Texas
A Bhutanese temple gifted from the isolated Himalayan kingdom is now a surprising cultural gem located at the University of Texas at El Paso.
El Paso, Texas
The house's confection-like decorations are the result of one man's painstaking work over decades.
Pioneertown, California
A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.
Pioneertown, California
A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.
Yucca Valley, California
On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Los Angeles, California
Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.
Los Angeles, California
Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.
El Segundo, California
The Mighty Wurlitzer organ continues to belt out the tunes at downtown El Segundo's historic home for silent and classic movies.
Manhattan Beach, California
The sun acts as a key that only fits this giant keyhole twice a year.
Long Beach, California
The 10-foot-wide Long Beach home was built on a dare.
Rancho Palos Verdes, California
A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.
Los Angeles, California
Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.
Pasadena, California
"The Star Factory" cranked out Hollywood stars like nobody's business.
Pasadena, California
Colorado Boulevard’s historic bookstore, operating since the bustling city of Pasadena was merely some orange groves and a few ostrich farms.
Altadena, California
"The Hoppiest Place in the World" holds the world’s largest collection of bunny memorabilia and is a singular testament of a couple's devotion to all things Leporidae.
Pasadena, California
One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.