This "City of Books" holds a museum, library, and the complete personal book collections of five of Mexico's greatest thinkers.

This old-school café is famous for serving coffee, chilaquiles, and the Cuban Revolution.

To make itself stand out in a city renowned for its numerous museums, this photographic archive resorts to immersively-themed exhibitions.

Sample sweets at an Art Nouveau candy shop that's been in business since 1874.

This warehouse-gallery-shop hybrid showcases Mexican craftwork at its best.

The hot chocolate here all stems from small, sustainable microproducers in Chiapas and Tabasco.

66,000 pieces of art, donated by one of the world's richest men.

The first public library in the Americas has more than 45,000 books dating back to the 15th century.

A former factory hosts an amazing collection of Mexican marionettes.

This cluttered cantina is famed for its cheese-spiked, raisin-flavored liqueur.

This beautiful and unmissable little museum is full of fascinating artifacts from Mesoamerica's great civilizations.

Local stories say that if you drink from this well, you will return to Olympia.

The abandoned ruins of America's first private zoo are open for exploration in the Catskills.

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

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

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

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

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

A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

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

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.