Paris, France
Musée des Arts et Métiers
France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.
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Paris, France
France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.
Santa Ysabel, California
Spend a day hanging out with domesticated Russian foxes.
Berlin, Germany
One of the oldest cemeteries in Germany was originally used for victims of a cholera epidemic.
El Segundo, California
Made famous by cable TV, this oddball collection of antiques and collectibles is a cut above the rest.
San Marino, California
Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.
Berkeley, California
This restaurant offers the original California cuisine.
Los Angeles, California
Rare collectibles from automated musical instruments to 250 unique automobiles.
Los Angeles, California
The beautiful 1920 Pantages Theatre remains hidden just underneath the LA Downtown Jewelry Exchange.
Johannesburg, California
The liveliest ghost town in the state.
Ione, California
One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.
San Francisco, California
This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.
Los Angeles, California
The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.
Los Angeles, California
This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.
Los Angeles, California
A little barn in the middle of the city preserving Hollywood treasures since 1985.
Los Angeles, California
Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.
Los Angeles, California
A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.
Los Angeles, California
A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.
Berkeley, California
A storybook European village in Berkeley.
Los Angeles, California
This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.
Los Angeles, California
High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.
Los Angeles, California
The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.
Los Angeles, California
This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.
Fukuoka, Japan
In the oldest zen temple stands a descendant of the very tree that introduced tea to Japanese culture.
Framingham, Massachusetts
In 1777, two men were killed after being struck by lightning at the same time.