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

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Because there's no place like home.

Inside this library, the history of Los Angeles is retold through a mural.

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

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

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

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

The man who voiced Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, and more has a headstone reading, "That's all, folks!"

See prehistoric footprints, plus two complete mastodon skeletons.

This historic boathouse was constructed using salvaged lumber from burned barns.

Largest Roman Catholic church in North America.

The last funhouse of its kind, where guests enter through the mouth of an 80-year-old blue whale.

This quarter-mile tunnel under the Bluff in Pittsburgh bends at a 45-degree angle.

The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.

These markers are used to document elevation changes around the famed dam.

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.

A replica of the flagpole that gave a frontier town its name.

Originally conceived as part of a proposed Arizona State Capitol building in the 1950s, this structure built in 2004 stands as a monument to the architect's legacy.

A towering bronze statue memorializes the founding father of postwar American conservatism.

A puppeteer’s paradise offering shows, workshops, and an archive of over 2,000 puppets.