Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

An Airy Would-Be Solution to a Housing Shortage.

Pasadena’s Stonehenge.

Mid-Century Modern Meets Millionaire’s Row.

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

Where the rich wintered in Pasadena.

A Community Cornerstone.

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

Instead of faces, these sculptures have barcodes—statements on societal dehumanization.

The remnants of an early automobile route across shifting sand dunes can still be found in the deserts of Southern California.

Semi-recognized center of the world, with many oddities.

Walk through the actual strap iron cells and solitary chambers of Arizona Territory’s first prison.

The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.

What may be America's largest classic video game arcade lurks inconspicuously in a Chicago suburb.

A science teacher's dream.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

This magnificently macabre shield shows the power of chivalrous love in medieval times.

The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.