The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

Live long and prosper in Tennessee.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

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

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

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

Mid-Century Modern Meets Millionaire’s Row.

A British pub embodies the spirit of a California legend.

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

Two groundbreaking brothers from Pasadena.

Colorado Boulevard’s historic bookstore, operating since the bustling city of Pasadena was merely some orange groves and a few ostrich farms.