This art gallery and oddities boutique bewitches visitors with a trove of occult trinkets and eccentric antiques, work by an ever-changing roster of underground artists, and classes in tarot and other mystic arts.

An avant garde art museum at the University of Chicago.

An outdoor urban gallery of large-scale artworks by the world's most influential street artists.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

One of the few authentic Japanese gardens in the state of Indiana and perhaps the most peaceful place in the city of Mishawaka.

Inside this wonderland of weird, visitors are treated to a collection ranging from skeletons to haunted artifacts.

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

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

The last of its kind in the country.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

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

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

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

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

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

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

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

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

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

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

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