Exotic feline breeding compound and conservation center.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

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

A glittering South Asian anomaly in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb.

This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.

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

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

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

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

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

A spiritual retreat in the heart of Los Angeles offers stunning gardens and a labyrinth to lose yourself in.

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

Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

A Japanese corporation has turned this small island town into living modern art gallery.

A Japanese shrine to dolls.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

"Bug Bug" Land, a natural park for beetle watching, still hasn't fully recovered from Fukushima's nuclear disaster.

Shells collected from over a hundred different countries line the walls, floors and ceilings of this fantasy museum.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.

Children's literature inside, forest all around.

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.