A downtown park built on top of unclaimed graves.

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

A super-sized promotional trick that is now a D.C. landmark.

A sinkhole known simply as "The Hole."

A sprawling collection of books and manuscripts about ancient Greece that would have put their famed libraries to shame.

Uninhabited islet in the Caribbean is the sanctuary of giant lizards.

The alleged house of the Virgin Mary is tucked away in a park and nature preserve on Mt. Koressos in Turkey and is holy to both Catholics and Muslims alike.

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.

This open air archeological site houses almost as much wildlife as it does classical religious artifacts.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

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

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

A cult following celebrates the legend that belies this curious podiatrists' office sign which has worked its way into song, literature, animation, and the visual arts.

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

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.