This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

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

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

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

The beautiful 1920 Pantages Theatre remains hidden just underneath the LA Downtown Jewelry Exchange.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

This "synagogue" is not what it seems to be.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

Historic house-museum dedicated to the revolutionary gay graphic artist Tom of Finland.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

This historic aviation building is now a museum owned and operated by Disney.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

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

A cult following celebrates the legend that belies this curious podiatrists' office sign which has worked its way into song, literature, animation, and the visual arts.

Raised illegally, Reggie now lives at the Los Angeles Zoo after authorities spent years tracking him down.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

In 1967, murder and mayhem disrupted the tranquility along this quiet stretch of Old Route 66.

A secret fresh water spring for animals and humans alike hidden along the most famous road in the United States.

This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.