An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

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

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

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

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

A free library to stumble across, one of many placed worldwide if you know where to look.

An academy where anyone can train in the exciting acrobatic sports of parkour and freerunning.

A beloved carnival gets a modern makeover in Los Angeles.

The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

In the absence of a Chinese-language newspaper, for years the community posted daily updates on this simple bulletin board.

Five varieties of trees with custom-designed grates around the trunk are planted along the route of the Seattle Transit Tunnel.

This quiet neighborhood is also home to a 700-ton rock transported by the last Ice Age.

This Cold War siren is one off the last of its kind still standing with its immensely powerful original horn.

Deep into the lower floors of Pike Place, find a date with fowl fate.

This Masonic lodge was the first major private building to be constructed in Washington, D.C. after the Civil War.

This apartment building designed by a notable Washington D.C. architect housed the Qing Dynasty's Legation.

These recently uncovered walls are all that's left of Washington, D.C's first defense contractor.