Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

Explore this medieval cathedral by trying to spot all the malevolent monsters hiding in its beautifully colored windows.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

These two monoliths have stood at the entrance to the neighborhood since the days it was called "Hollywoodland."

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

This quirky Arkansas wax museum does not shy away from the macabre and the grotesque.

This historic hotel on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park has a storied history of gangsters and baseball greats.

A few iconic structures are all that remain of America’s first outdoor shopping mall.

This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.

The surprising home of the iconic Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel.

The world's only museum devoted solely to the art and collection of action figures.

A high-octane shrine to the greatest Texans who ever lived.

Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

Visitors dating back to the 1600s carved their marks in the stones of the iconic tower.

There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.