This whimsical seashell-shaped place of worship was designed to blend into its surroundings.

Pay your respects to departed pets, both celebrity and otherwise.

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

A beloved carnival gets a modern makeover in Los Angeles.

L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.

This “living museum” at UCLA exhibits thousands of plant species from all over the world.

A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.

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

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

Windswept and remote, this island was once the home of a rare mammoth and today is home to a rare tree.

Every Friday night, Appalachian string-bands turn this country store and soda fountain into a raucous jamboree.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

Built by one man in the '20s, this site is now a museum representing the Great Basin cultures.

The remnants of a failed socialist commune can still be found just off a California highway.

Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

This mosaic-lined medieval church was built by the world's first admiral and still holds mass in ancient Greek.

This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.

This Chase branch is an homage to Old Hollywood.

This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.

Instead of hoofing it up steep stairs, residents can hitch a ride on this private lift.

Housed in an old church, this hunting museum holds a collection of mythical bird-rabbit creatures.