This L.A. fixture has been serving hot dogs out of a giant hot dog since 1946.

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

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 symbol of Texas pride.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

Secret gardens just a few miles from downtown Atlanta.

A hidden oasis just two minutes from downtown Atlanta.

This mural pays tribute to Atlanta natives and hip hop legends Andre 3000 and Big Boi, better known as OutKast.

This pair of centuries-old magnolia trees was once struck by a Babe Ruth home run.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Manhattan's Thirteenth Avenue was made on landfill then deliberately destroyed — apart from one small, obscure block.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic's missed arrival.

Everyone from Mark Twain to Teddy Roosevelt has a pipe hanging from the walls of this historic chophouse.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

This theater opened in 1998, but both the building and the puppeteers who perform there have a distinguished history.

Two large-scale sculptures of Adam and Eve greet visitors in the nude at the Time Warner Center in NYC.

Manhattan's deadly West Side railroad, which killed hundreds of New Yorkers, is remembered by this simple plaque.

When life gives you Prohibition, open a bar in Juárez.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

This monument to the victims of a tragic explosion is said to turn and look at passing cars.

A 200-year-old bar is all that remains of one Mississippi River town's rough-and-tumble past.

One of the longest water bridges in the world was built over a supposedly haunted swamp in Louisiana.

Pensacola's UFO home has withstood many hurricanes—just as the experimental 1960s design intended.