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A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

Here lies Lilly E. Gray, an alleged "victim of the beast," but the reason long remained a mystery.

Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

Perhaps the most unique of any Frank Gehry design for one simple reason: Gehry himself actually lives here.

The largest collection of two headed animals in the world.

Somewhere between an art studio and a print shop, this artists storefront is a house of worship devoted to type.

A master of deception, Harry Houdini's greatest trick may have been living in two places at once.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

The sun acts as a key that only fits this giant keyhole twice a year.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

A macabre tour of Hollywood’s deadly history.

Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.

A small medical museum with a recreated doctor's office.

This beautiful ridge-top trail is dotted by tiny homes apparently built by a group of itinerant fairies.

Gnomes have their very own bonsai-landscaped settlement on a university campus.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.