London, England
Sir John Soane's Museum
A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.
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London, England
Café in the Crypt
This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.
London, England
Natural History Museum of London
Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.
London, England
Platform 9 3/4
Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.
London, England
The Ruins of St. Dunstan-in-the-East
One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.
Chicago, Illinois
Kinzie Street Bridge
In 2004, a Dave Matthews Band tour bus dumped 800 pounds of waste off a bridge and onto an unsuspecting tour boat below.
Chicago, Illinois
Beginning (and End) of Historic Route 66
A journey begins with a single step, and for many, the road-trip of a lifetime started at this Chicago intersection.
Glendale, California
Forest Lawn Cemetery
An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.
Los Angeles, California
The Moore Lab of Zoology
One of the world's largest collections of rare and magnificent bird specimens.
Los Angeles, California
Mel Blanc’s Grave
The man who voiced Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, and more has a headstone reading, "That's all, folks!"
Los Angeles, California
LAX Theme Building
This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.
Los Angeles, California
Declaration Sculpture
60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.
Los Angeles, California
Fort Macarthur Museum
A historic fort commemorating the United States' naval history.
Los Angeles, California
Muscle Beach
An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.
Los Angeles, California
Angelus Temple
Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.
Los Angeles, California
Toto Canine Movie Star Memorial Marker
Because there's no place like home.
Los Angeles, California
Egasse-Braasch House
The house where Good Will Hunting was written is a surreal fairytale abode.
Los Angeles, California
Feral Cat Colonies of Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.
Los Angeles, California
Space Shuttle Endeavour
The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.
Los Angeles, California
Venice of America Canals
After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.
Los Angeles, California
Lummis Home ("El Alisal")
A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.
Los Angeles, California
The Magic Castle
The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.
Los Angeles, California
La Brea Tar Pits Dragonfly Fossils
These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.
Los Angeles, California
Galco's Soda Pop Stop
Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.
