Earliest version of the American flag can be seen atop the hill where it first flew.

These three lighthouses played a fundamental role in the maritime life of Eastham.

Cape Cod’s historic beacon made famous on a potato chip bag.

A sculpture in Hyannis commemorates Chief Sachem Iyannough of the Mattachiest tribe.

This lakeside tower is the third attempt at getting a tourist destination to stick on the spot.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

This jagged colossus of a building is mostly held together by an enormous concrete exoskeleton.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.

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

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

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

A tiny rock climber scales the headstone of a beloved director.

This grand memorial remembers the 20 members of the Los Angeles Times killed when the office was bombed.

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

The mall's looks were inspired by the cowboy extras who used to meet up—and cause real trouble—at this Hollywood hub.

Because there's no place like home.

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

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

This bank is widely believed to be the inspiration for the offices of Philip Marlowe, the hardboiled detective featured in a number of Raymond Chandler's stories.

The three biggest silent film stars once shot iconic scenes here.

Common all over Japan, kōbans are small community police boxes, and now one is guarding one of L.A.’s megamalls.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.