This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.

The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.

A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.

The inspiration for the Patagonia Clothing logo, Cerro Fitz Roy turns pink at sunrise.

This stunning mass of ice spans 121 square miles and is still growing.

Pivotal home of Nobel Prize winner Pablo Neruda.

The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.

This red lake 4,000 meters above sea level is home to rare flamingos.

What was once a unique system of urban elevators is turning into a mechanical ruin.

This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.

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

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

When you can afford only half a road, you build only half a road.

This historic theater's pipe organ still accompanies silent films just like it did in 1929.

This former mining town was named the most toxic town in America.