An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

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

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

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

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

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

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

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

The magic's in the hole!

Is this the most Portland place ever?

This inanimate goat created by the "welding nun" has been helping to clean up the city of Spokane for more than 40 years.

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.