The largest whiskey stash on the West Coast survived the 1906 fires--but not without heroic effort.

Noble beasts perhaps, but not the Emperor's dogs.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

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.

From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."