A few iconic structures are all that remain of America’s first outdoor shopping mall.

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

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

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

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

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

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

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House On Haunted Hil" to a robot hunter's pad.

The so-called "Bridge of Thighs" in Palm Springs allows nudists to discreetly cross the road.

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

The site of a tragic massacre that spawned a multimedia franchise.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

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

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

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

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.