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

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

This nondescript tunnel has been featured in a number of iconic movies, from “Roger Rabbit” to “Back to the Future.”

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

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

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

Pasadena glamour turned government issue.

Where the rich wintered in Pasadena.

Whiskey lovers, this is your happy place.

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

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

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

I Street Bridge is the heaviest swinging center bridge in the United States.

Art Deco stylings conceal the true nature of this bridge.

A mesmerizing disco ball-like sculpture along the Sacramento River Walk.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

San Francisco's first World's Fair, dedicated to the wonders of California.

San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.

The neighborhood church casts a breast-shaped shadow that locals have come to call the “two o’clock titty.”

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.