First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.

Prove you deserve to be fed by Kenny Shopsin.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

Mexico's astounding mummy museum with "the world's smallest mummy."

The only castle in North America to ever house European sovereigns.

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.

You may get stranded and everyone's peeing in the water, but at least there's cocktails!

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

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.

Delightful disarray of found objects and clutter.

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

Hiding amid the largest camellia collection in the country lies a charming children's maze, donated by a secret admirer.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

America's greatest forgotten garden and the former stomping grounds of Son of Sam.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

A cobblestone alley with an interesting past.

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

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