The art and history of the velvet painting are on full display in this Los Angeles museum.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

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

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

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

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

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

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

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

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

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

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

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

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

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

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

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

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

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

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.