Alexander Hamilton, a founding father for the United States, was an immigrant and born on Nevis.

Glass-walled, mid-century modern showroom for cars, still in operation.

The historic single-screen movie theater is one of only four cinemas in the world to screen films in VistaVison format.

This iconic neon jester is a local landmark that you might recognize from his cameos in film and television.

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

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

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

Since 1929, this institution has been serving one of the most celebrated po’ boys in New Orleans.

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.

This 'Murder House' grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.

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.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.