An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

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

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

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

Room 32 of the Alta Cienega Motel has grown into a shrine to the Lizard King.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

A quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.

The hotel room where Janis Joplin tragically died has now become a makeshift shrine to the singer.

The last of its kind in the country.

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

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

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

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

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

The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

Some of the most unusual (and in some cases, disgusting) flavors of soda imaginable.

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

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