The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

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

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

These four islands right offshore have waterfalls, colorful lights, fancy buildings, and a secret purpose.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

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

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

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

The beautiful 1920 Pantages Theatre remains hidden just underneath the LA Downtown Jewelry Exchange.

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

World's largest barrel containing an inn.

The castle was reconstructed to fit Kaiser Wilhelm II's romanticized vision of the Middle Ages.

A pink sandstone column once used in ancient times to measure one's belly after a night of debauchery.

A copy of the Statue of Liberty greets visitors to the birthplace of Auguste Bartholdi.

A neo-gothic statue modeled on German Emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II, which had its distinctive mustache shaved off by Nazis in World War II.

Statues of a fire-breather, a clown, and a whole performing troupe celebrate Luxembourg's creative side.

This modern French ossuary contains the jumbled bones of 130,000 WWI soldiers.

A swath of France so devastated by war it is still forbidden to go there.

Site of one of World War I's most horrific scenes.

The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.

Although resembling a grand Buddhist temple, this structure is actually the largest mosque in China.

An ancient fortification lives on in this Chinese city.

The latest in a series of long glass bridges suspended at terrifying heights.