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

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

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

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

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

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

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

This modern antique shop is a museum for 1980's Saturday morning cartoon culture.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.

Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House On Haunted Hil" to a robot hunter's pad.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.