Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

Santa Monica's oldest restaurant, decorated with set pieces from the Mutiny on the Bounty.

A treasure hunter's tiny bar, harboring celebrities since 1959.

A "Titanic" superfan changed his name to Jack and set up this strange shrine to the blockbuster, complete with Korean food and Tarot readings.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

From sax to spuds, get 'em all at this landmark music establishment.

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

Find regional specialties from the Thai-Laotian border inside in a North Hollywood swap meet's food court.

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

A classically trained chef makes beloved burritos inside a gas station.

Get fishing gear and craft beer at this restaurant on the pier.

Drink a Guinness under the wings of Reagan's retired Air Force One in his presidential library.

A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.

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

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

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

One artist's love letter to his city and its citizens plays out across dozens of bright murals painted on the sides of decrepit buildings.

Where America's first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and until recently, the largest glass mural in the US.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

An annual extravaganza of Broadway theater memorabilia.

This wall on a street corner in Lower Manhattan has been a blank canvas for a rotation of renowned artists since the 1980s.

Beautiful mosaics cover the first stations opened on New York City's newest subway line.