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

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

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

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

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

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

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

Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.

A community theatre in Brooklyn that brings Country to New York and New York to Country.

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.