A wild west scene starring life-sized wooden statues hides in the trees behind Pierce College.

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

This collector's home is a constant work in progress.

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

"The Hoppiest Place in the World" holds the world’s largest collection of bunny memorabilia and is a singular testament of a couple's devotion to all things Leporidae.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

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

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

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

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

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

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

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

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Make your own fake treats at this factory and workshop in the epicenter of Japan's food replica industry.

This ruined Japanese stripclub sits half burnt to the ground.

Giant animal sculptures are created with the rice straw leftover from the fall harvest each year.

Tokyo’s only Ainu restaurant serves Indigenous food from northern Japan.

Giant sand sculptures of famous people and places are on display near the Tottori sand dunes.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

A rare festival blending religion, blacksmiths, vagina dentata, sex workers, and the straight-up facts of life.