This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

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Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.

This Polish cave has housed a dragon, a brothel, and an enduring legend.

Instead of hoofing it up steep stairs, residents can hitch a ride on this private lift.

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

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

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.

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

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

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

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

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

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

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

This outsider art paradise is filled with dinosaur sculptures crafted from recycled machinery.

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.