This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

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

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

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

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

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.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

No matter what it might seem like on film, most scenes filmed on a plane are filmed at this LA studio.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

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

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

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

This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.