A monthly street "service" of handmade puppets and live original puppets, whose devotees profess has the power to change lives.

This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.

Space program, pneumatics and more, bits and pieces, for movie sets or the common man.

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

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

Where the line between entertainment and aerospace blurs.

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

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

Iconic red and white plaques show the creative names invented to navigate the city streets.

Giant nude woman of Tijuana is also the artist's home.

A flooded Mexican cave that hides a river beneath the water.

A quirky and charming restaurant founded by artists.

This fantastical house shaped like a seashell brings aquatic design to architecture.

The largest cave shaft in the world is home to thousands of birds and popular with BASE jumpers.

A magical sinkhole on the Yucatán Peninsula is adorned with mini waterfalls and hanging vines.

These azure waters were thought to lead to the Mayan Underworld.

"Stairs of the Turks", a chalky white cliff eroded conveniently into stairs, allowing for easy pillaging.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.