Though the original building has been demolished, these massive bronze doors were saved.

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

The house where Good Will Hunting was written is a surreal fairytale abode.

Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.

What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection. 

Inside this clubhouse is a cinephile's paradise.

A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.

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

Rumors of the occult haunt this upscale 1920s hotel.

A virtually untouched "home on the hill" for the flora and fauna of Rhode Island.

The sprawling, eccentric estate of Ames and Ames, a brilliant botanist, and a genius inventor and artist.

One of the few institutions in the United States devoted to the art of decorative bird carving.

Previously a hot spring, this park remains a site of unique history, wildlife, and geology.

The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

This former fire tower is now a rustic observatory that offers amazing views of eagles, hawks, and the Appalachian Mountains.

A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.

Stalactites and stalagmites in a beautifully lit cave.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.