Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

No matter what it might seem like on film, most scenes filmed on a plane are filmed at this LA studio.

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

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

A spiritual retreat in the heart of Los Angeles offers stunning gardens and a labyrinth to lose yourself in.

An enchanted arts space which assumes infinite identities.

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

One of the world's largest collections of rare and magnificent bird specimens.

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

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

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

World's oldest operating science fiction and fantasy club, once home to Ray Bradbury and L. Ron Hubbard.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.