Where the leftovers of love affairs can live on forever.

Common all over Japan, kōbans are small community police boxes, and now one is guarding one of L.A.’s megamalls.

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.

A monthly street "service" of handmade puppets and live original puppets, whose devotees profess has the power to change lives.

A free library to stumble across, one of many placed worldwide if you know where to look.

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

Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.

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

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

The remains of the first punk club in L.A.

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

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

Dozens of lights dangle from the branches of what may be the brightest tree in Los Angeles.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

A repository of Pasadena history.

A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

Former farm staffed by mental patients is now a public park.

Largest collection of mounted dinosaur specimens in the world.

This Virginia railway overpass is said to be haunted by a serial killer in a rabbit costume.

This zombie-themed restaurant stands out in the heart of corn country.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

A master plumber has turned his love of art and toilets into a folk museum that's not taking the piss.