Los Angeles, California
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An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.
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Los Angeles, California
An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.
Pasadena, California
Former 1954 Del Mar Train Station now serves signature cocktails and delightful culinary treats, and still operates as a Metro stop.
Los Angeles, California
The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.
Los Angeles, California
A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.
Los Angeles, California
Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.
Los Angeles, California
Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.
Los Angeles, California
The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.
Los Angeles, California
Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.
Los Angeles, California
The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.
San Francisco, California
Only hotel where you can legally launder money.
Lisbon, Portugal
A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.
Porto, Portugal
A hidden three-foot-wide house separates these two regal churches.
Lisbon, Portugal
Eat the ultimate iteration of Portugal's most beloved pastry.
Lisbon, Portugal
Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.
Sintra, Portugal
This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.
Lisbon, Portugal
The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.
Évora, Portugal
A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.
Koloa, Hawaii
A prehistoric landscape hidden in the cliffs of Maha'ulepu.
Koloa, Hawaii
This blowhole is supposedly caused by a trapped monster.
Kapa'a, Hawaii
This former luxury resort in Kaua'i is now an abandoned relic.
Walnut Grove, California
The only standing town in the United States that early Chinese Americans built for themselves.
Estes Park, Colorado
Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."
Denver, Colorado
One of the greatest heroes of the Titanic tragedy came from humble beginnings to this beautiful home.
Denver, Colorado
Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.