A free library to stumble across, one of many placed worldwide if you know where to look.

This California estate was either haunted by ghosts or the Marx brothers.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

Hiding amid the largest camellia collection in the country lies a charming children's maze, donated by a secret admirer.

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

Home to secret Eastern Bloc spy equipment and the largest stretch of the original Berlin Wall outside of Germany.

Dioramas and animatronics lead you through the story of Bhagavad-gita, the Indian literary classic.

Colorado Boulevard’s historic bookstore, operating since the bustling city of Pasadena was merely some orange groves and a few ostrich farms.

"The Star Factory" cranked out Hollywood stars like nobody's business.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

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

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

Three vintage horses survived a 1976 inferno and found a home on a sister carousel.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

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

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

Small museum packed with artifacts recovered by the man rumored to be the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

Cambria's most unique B&B features creative surroundings and fantastic food.