Turntable anonymously received orphans, alms, and groceries.

At night, bats patrol this magnificent 18th-century space in search of book-eating pests.

A unique seaside cave where Aleister Crowley faked his own death.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.

This gaping hole in the middle of a remote mountain lake looks like a portal to another dimension.

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

This charming candle shop has been in business since 1789.

Ring the bell to enter a bar that looks equal parts museum and old curiosity shop.

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

An ultra-modern vista that has been featured in so many films the house is a celebrity in its own right.

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

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

Space program, pneumatics and more, bits and pieces, for movie sets or the common man.

This stockpile of junked electronic and mechanical gadgets is a favorite among Hollywood prop masters.

This vintage car parts store is also a museum devoted to a squat little gem of automotive history.

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

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

The exterior of this home was used for the hit television show, The Brady Bunch.

This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.

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