Legendary prop shop filled with one man's collection of scientific curiosities.

The words of the neighborhood's most famous poets adorn four concrete walls.

A black and white mural stands out from its psychedelic surroundings.

On a quiet suburban street stands a peculiarly decorated house covered in mosaics.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

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

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

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

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.

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

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

India’s only Brain Museum displays over 200 fascinating ways that your brain might kill you.

Government testing at the asylum briefly explored using marijuana as a "truth serum" on Nazi prisoners of war.

Amid the sprawling Defense Intelligence Agency Headquarters is one of Washington's least accessible museums.

A former major munitions plant that has been converted into a sprawling art space.

This brick-lined pedestrian walkway was once a railway tunnel used during the Civil War.

The 72-foot giant escaped confinement in a large patch of mulch only to be reburied in the sandy shores of the Potomac River.

The narrowest house in America is seven feet of pure spite.

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.

Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.

A super-sized promotional trick that is now a D.C. landmark.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.