This Hollywood dive houses a mural painted by the artists who animated its namesake film.

A garment factory hides a small Dominican eatery in the hallway to its freight elevator.

Neal Cassady may still have an open tab at one of Denver's oldest watering holes.

A classically trained chef makes beloved burritos inside a gas station.

A giant milk bottle from the 1930s beckons drivers to this diner.

If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.

Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

At night, a grove of towering redwood trees growing through the pavement block out all light from the so-called “Dark Park” of Madrone Avenue.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

The collection of ceremonial and cultural objects spans many countries and hundreds of years.

Detroit’s downtown castle is one of the oldest structures in the city.

Dilapidated Mayan-themed ballroom was one of Detroit's most popular venues through the 40s.

The world’s largest Masonic temple was saved by the White Stripes.

Enormous small-business mecca in the Midwest, serving dozens of artists.

Opulent downtown movie theater now houses cars as an indoor parking garage.

One man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in Detroit.

These enduring murals depicting a distinctly Marxist tribute to capitalism could not even be defeated by McCarthyism.

Berry Gordy Jr.'s old home was the original headquarters of Motown Record Corporation.

This Detroit ruin was once a gothic bastion of its community, but now it stands as a haunting ruin.

Abandoned concert venue legendary for its rock counterculture.

This tall and trim architectural oddity is one of the skinniest buildings in San Francisco.

Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.

The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.