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

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.

A tree grown from astronaut seeds which were exposed to cosmic rays.

The oldest U.S. Government building in California, and it's State Historic Landmark #1.

This eagle-topped spire remembers the military commander who snatched up California for the United States.

Fake rail crossings mark the site of an influential doctor's demise.

Steinbeck's old stomping grounds, immortalized in Cannery Row.

A professional special effects makeup artist’s collection of horror creatures and one-of-a-kind recreations on display in downtown Boulder City.

These markers are used to determine the ground stability of the Strip.

The so-called "Father of Las Vegas" had the city's first telephone installed in his office in 1907.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

According to tradition this is the oldest church in Venice, but its actual age is a mystery.

Venice's island of the dead.

A 15th-century monumental Latin inscription on this house celebrates Lorenzo Manilio's love for Rome.

This small church was constructed over the ruins of three temples dating to the Roman Republic.

This is the oldest Roman-made bridge in the city still existing in its original state.

The only remaining arch of the oldest stone bridge in Rome stands in the middle of the Tiber.

Brass cobblestones mark the places where individual Holocaust victims were taken from their homes.

This Renaissance palace features a unique architectural design and is now home to the Ferrara National Art Gallery.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

Where Venice's gondolas go for a tune-up.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.