For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

Spend a day hanging out with domesticated Russian foxes.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

The rusted remains of a victim of Hurricane Ike.

Tropical paradise strewn with hundreds of World War II wrecks.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

This well-traveled chess park offers scenic views of the pacific and a colorful, eclectic clientele.

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

The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.

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

From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.

A "Titanic" superfan changed his name to Jack and set up this strange shrine to the blockbuster, complete with Korean food and Tarot readings.

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

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

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

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

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

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

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

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

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