A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

This Chase branch is an homage to Old Hollywood.

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

A little barn in the middle of the city preserving Hollywood treasures since 1985.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

The historic single-screen movie theater is one of only four cinemas in the world to screen films in VistaVison format.

Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.

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

St. Claude, Manitoba, commemorates its first settlers with a giant tobacco smoking pipe monument.

Fort Garry was a pivotal post for the Hudson’s Bay Company and a major factor in the economy and political culture of the area.

A massive, 76-foot-high version of a Van Gogh painting in Canada’s sunflower capital.

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

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

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

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

A legendary West Hollywood bar where celebrities shoot pool with the locals.

Colorado Boulevard’s historic bookstore, operating since the bustling city of Pasadena was merely some orange groves and a few ostrich farms.

This statue celebrating early Hollywood is largely forgotten, while its twin replica at Walt Disney World has become an icon.

This museum is a music lover's introduction to the iconic venue.

This giant meditative chakra sits peacefully in the Flathead Valley of western Montana.

One of the few working locomotive roundhouses in the United States.

Stock up on superb sour cherry preserves made by hand in copper kettles.