A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

The White House Situation Room was taken apart in 2006 and shipped to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

This Southern Californian Conservation Center is home to singing and howling apes.

This 19th century train workshop is a treasure trove of railroad history.

Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."

A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

The capital of the Cayman Islands is a center of offshore banking, but gets battered by blistering hurricanes.

A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

While most wind tunnels test scale models, the "Cave of Winds" was large enough for actual airplanes.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

A collection of the best toys ever made inside a museum devoted to play.

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.