A notorious punk house turned co-op.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

The only swimming pool listed on the National Register of Historic Places is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

When you can't get to the Pacific, just go to Florida.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

The tallest The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in the world soars above the Beltway.

Berkeley Hot Springs presents to you "the only outdoor monument to presidential bathing."

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

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

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

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

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

One of the oldest anatomical theaters in the U.S. still in use was once the site of an infamous cadaver riot.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

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

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.

This pun was simply waiting to come to life, and one defense contractor made it so.