A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.

The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.

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

The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.

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

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

The remains of the first punk club in L.A.

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.

Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

One of the most extensive and well-preserved collections of dinosaur footprints in North America.

Hidden on a cattle ranch in Arizona, this bookstore has been celebrating Southwest literature for more than 40 years.

This scrap yard doubles as a naive art gallery full of found art and farm animals.

An off-the-beaten path cave with an underground lake.

Some of Arizona's best spit-roasted tacos al pastor can be found at a weekend swap meet.

The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.

The shop's owner has spent decades in the desert wearing nothing but a strategically placed sock.

A former department store turned into a quirky restaurant.

A small canyon with petroglyphs and a seasonal waterfall, only a short hike from the remnants of old Route 66.

The remains of this hell for leather wild west town can still be found in the Arizona desert.

Hike the unusual hoodoos and rock formations that form this little-known natural wonder.

The wreckage of a deadly bomber plane crash can still be found near an Arizona peak.