A replica of one of South Korea's National Treasures stands as a tribute to that country's relations with Mexico.

Worm salt and other local ingredients are on the menu at this cult favorite ice cream shop.

It's believed this golden brick is part of the legendary lost Aztec treasure.

This once-abandoned mansion is now a dreamy event space.

By night, this auto repair shop turns into a taquería serving up some of the city's finest al pastor tacos.

A giant desert bird that once swung music fans at Coachella now has a home in a nearby traffic circle.

This beautiful ridge-top trail is dotted by tiny homes apparently built by a group of itinerant fairies.

The oldest standing structure in downtown San Diego.

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

A relief that wraps around the concourse of Los Angeles's World Trade Center marks one of the city's failed urban design plans.

One of Los Angeles's first murals once vibrantly depicted the dangers of United States imperialism.

Hand-crafted tributes to a stray cat named "Room 8" now cover this LA elementary school.

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

"The greatest unknown literary treasure in Los Angeles."

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

A cake-themed art installation tucked away in historic Chinatown.

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

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.

This “living museum” at UCLA exhibits thousands of plant species from all over the world.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.