An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

This Las Vegas casino boasts one of only three spiral escalators in the United States—an engineering wonder.

A surreal, interdimensional shopping center and portal to another universe by Meow Wolf.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.

Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

Wild West history in Hollywood style.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

A miniature train theme park, free to the public, laying at the base of the Santa Monica Mountains.

The largest memorial to the Armenian Genocide in the United States.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

An Italian restaurant became a rock-and-roll hangout and the lair of the "Hollywood vampires."

Hiding amid the largest camellia collection in the country lies a charming children's maze, donated by a secret admirer.

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

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.