This 'Murder House' grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

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

An octet of classic chrome trailers speared into the ground act as a tribute to the silver bullets of the open road.

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

The third tallest lighthouse in America once guided author Stephen Crane to safety.

This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.

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

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.

Contrary to popular belief, this secluded statue doesn't represent Pennsylvania's founder.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

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The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

This five-foot-tall bronze bird is a memorial to a species that was hunted out of existence.

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

Instead of solid circles, the stoplights in this northern Icelandic town have glowing red hearts.

This verdant, tree-lined Reykjavik graveyard is both enchanting and eerie.