An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

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

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

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

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

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

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

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.

Hidden in the New Mexico desert southeast of Roswell, nine small deep lakes formed inside sinkholes.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

A typical "Old South" manor, once owned by author Anne Rice, served as the setting for several of her witchcraft sagas.

This 45-story tall abandoned skyscraper is the third tallest building in New Orleans and Lousiana.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

A haunting, yet lovingly hand-hewn potters' field full of graves that flood with each heavy rain.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.