Unbeknownst to most passersby, this marble statue standing outside an office building is a genuine piece of second-century Rome.

Meet the world's longest tapeworm in a collection that really gets under your skin.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

Every color in the rainbow awaits.

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

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

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

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.